Tibet is well known as "the third pole of the earth", "roof of the world" and "snow land plateau". It has unique natural landscape, special folk custom, historic sites and religion atmosphere, which forms the unique tourism resource and attracts tourists all over the world.

The opening of Qinghai-Tibet Railway has further strenghthened the advantage of Tibet tourism resource. It has not only broken the bottleneck of Tibet traffic development, it has also become a new gold tour route itself. The railway passes Qinghai Lake, Ke Ke Xi Li Nature Reserve, Changtang grassland, Namco and other nine world class tour sites, 23 national class tour sites, six national nature reserves and scenic spots as well as 193 popular tour sites.

Tibet will continue development and layout of tourism brands according to "Tibet Tourism Industry '11th Five-Year-Plan' Plan" made by Tibet Tourism Bureau. The tourism development layout will be centered in Tibet and radiated to Xigaze, Lhoka, Nagqu, Nargri and Nyingchi. Tea Horse Ancient Road, Yarlung Zangbo Valley, Tibet Holly Land Tour and other tour brands will also be built at the same time.