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China to develop tibetan tourism
www.chinanews.cn 2005-03-04 09:55:01
(Source:CRIENGLISH.com)
Mar. 3 - China is unveiling an ambitious 15-year plan to make Tibet one
of the world's leading tourist destinations.
The Tibet tourism development plan, covering 2005 to 2020, aims to
vigorously promote the "the roof of the world" to boost the local economy
and kick start the region's "urbanization", Xinhua news agency said.
According to the plan, Tibet will attract 2.48 million domestic and
foreign visitors by 2010, generating four billion yuan (483 million
dollars) in revenue, or 10 percent of its local economy.
By 2020, 10.17 million visitors are expected, with revenues soaring to
22.8 billion yuan, accounting for 18 percent of the local gross domestic
product.
Currently, Tibet attracts just over one million tourists a year, most of
them Chinese.
"Tibet will focus on developing inbound tourism and domestic tourism in
order to establish it as an important tourism center between China and
Asia as well as a world famous high plateau tourism destination," said
Xinhua.
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