Tibet hosts more tourists
( 2003-12-14 12:33) (Xinhua)
Southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, dubbed "the roof of the world,"
hosted 915,945 tourists inthe first 11 months of this year, up 8.3 per cent over
the same period of last year.
Information from the regional statistics bureau said that Tibetearned a
record 1.01 billion yuan (about US$122.55 million)from tourism from January to
November, up 6.5 per cent.
Overseas tourists made up 49,845, down by 61.6 percent, while domestic
tourists totaled 866,100, a rise of 21 per cent.
The rise of tourism service revenue was attributed to the increasing number
of domestic tourists to this plateau region and the fact that domestic tourists
stayed longer and spent more moneyduring their stay in Tibet.
A sample survey shows that the domestic tourists spent 542.5 yuan per person
each day this year, 96.5 yuan more than the comparable figure for 2002.
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