“十一”帶你走進(jìn)“西藏江南”Nyingchi becoming first stop for tourists to Tibet

Nyingchi in the southeast of China's Tibet Autonomous Region is becoming the first stop for domestic and overseas tourists to the mysterious autonomous region.

With an average altitude of 3,100 meters, Nyingchi has received 199,159, or nearly one third of all the tourists to Tibet, and made a revenue of 79.66 million yuan in the first five months of this year, 20 percent and 24 percent higher than the respective figures for the corresponding period last year, said local tourism bureau.

Zhang Yang, a tourist from Southwest China's Yunnan Province, believed that as Nyingchi's altitude is relatively lower than other parts of the region, "tourists can adapt to plateau condition gradually before touring to other areas of Tibet."

The Nyingchi airport, which began operation on September 1, 2006, has contributed a lot to the boost of tourism in the prefecture.

Surrounded by mountains with average altitude of more than 4,000 meters, the Nyingchi airport has handled 53,000 tourists to Tibet by September this year, despite its location that makes flights more difficult and restricts theairworthy time to only 100 days a year.

Altitudes of the other two civil airports in Tibet, located in the regional capital Lhasa and Xigaze, were measured at 3,650 meters and 3,836 meters respectively.

Nyingchi Prefecture, covering 117,000 square kilometers, is known for its humid and mild climate, charming scenery and rich natural resources.

During the upcoming week-long National Day holiday, Nyingchi is expected to receive about 350,000 tourists, according to local tourism bureau.
(Xinhua)

位于西藏自治區(qū)東南部的林芝縣正成為海內(nèi)外游客進(jìn)藏的第一站。

林芝平均海拔3100米，據(jù)當(dāng)?shù)芈糜尉纸榻B，今年1月至5月，林芝共接待游客199159人次，占進(jìn)藏游客的近三分之一，旅游總收入達(dá)7699萬元，分別比去年同期增長了20％和24％。

一位名叫張楊的云南游客說，與西藏其它地區(qū)相比，林芝的海拔相對(duì)較低，因此“游客前往其它地區(qū)之前，可以在這過渡一下，逐步適應(yīng)高原環(huán)境。”

去年9月1日，林芝機(jī)場(chǎng)正式通航，極大促進(jìn)了當(dāng)?shù)芈糜螛I(yè)的發(fā)展，

林芝機(jī)場(chǎng)的周圍都是平均海拔達(dá)四千多米的高山峻嶺，盡管地勢(shì)險(xiǎn)峻、飛行困難，全年的適航時(shí)間僅有100天，但截至今年9月，林芝機(jī)場(chǎng)已安全運(yùn)送游客53000人次。

西藏其它兩個(gè)民用機(jī)場(chǎng)位于西藏自治區(qū)的首府拉薩和日喀則，海拔分別為3650米和3836米。

林芝地區(qū)總面積為11萬7千平方公里，氣候宜人、景色優(yōu)美、自然資源豐富。

據(jù)當(dāng)?shù)芈糜尉纸榻B，“十一”國慶黃金周期間，林芝預(yù)計(jì)將接待約35萬名游客。