Tibet’s tourism income increases by 15.6% during holiday

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By:China Tibet Online
update:February 26,2018

Feb.26,2018--Southwest China's Tibet received more than 458 thousand visitors from home and abroad during the 2018 Spring Festival holiday, increasing by 48.2% compared with the same period of last year.

And the tourism income reached 299.84 million yuan (47.35 million US dollars), achieving a year-on-year growth by 15.6%.

This year, the Tibetan New Year coincided with the Spring Festival and fell on the same day on Feb.16.

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