Tibet Travel News Archieve

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Tibet reports marked progress in infrastructure construction
(Xinhua) Oct. 24, 2004
Tibet invested heavily this year in building 52 of the 117 major infrastructure projects set by the Chinese government in June 2001; 16 had been completed by the end of September, according to the statistics from the regional development and reform committee. (Read more...)

Ancient prison under repair for tourism
China Daily, Oct. 18, 2004
Tibet's largest ancient prison is under repair and expected to be opened to the public in May of next year.

Costing of 500,000 yuan (US$60,241), the project on Langzisha aims to restore the original look of the ancient prison and to help people learn about Tibet's history, local officials said. (more details)

Construction of Qinghai-Tibet Rail
People Daily Online, Oct. 14, 2004
Workers lay railroad tracks near the Tongtianhe River at a construction site of the Qinghai-Tibet Railway on Aug. 13, 2004. The railway, linking Xining, capital of northwest China's Qinghai Province, and Lhasa, capital of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, has the highest altitude in the world.

Tibet for mountaineering in 2005
China Tibet Information Center, Oct. 15, 2004
Sources from Tibet Mountaineering Association, Tibet will be busy with meeting mountaineering expeditions abroad in 2005 because there will be a series of mountaineering activities. It is said that next spring, Sino-Japan mountaineering team will scale the 8848.13-meter Mount Everest for celebrating 30th anniversary of succeeding in conquering Mount Everest by Female. According to the association, Tibet will go on organizing Mount Everest Protecting Activity not only for picking garbage, but also for conquering Mount Everest. Besides, Tibet Mountaineering Expedition will step on the 8068 m Gasherbrums I next year and till then, Tibet Mountaineering Expedition will be conquered all the 14 mountains which are over 8000 meters. And there will also be a mountaineering activity for climbing Sangdainkangsang peak which lies in the middle of Nyainqentanglha Mountains, at the seal level of 6,590 meters.

Aid Tibet Guides Contribute to Tibet Tourism Industry
The six-month aid Tibet work of 2004 was finished and the second group of aid Tibet guides would return their home. October 13th, the summarizing meeting was held for the second group of aid Tibet guides. Officials of Tibet government and State Tourism Bureau attended the meeting and highly praised those guides.(Full coverage)