The Xizang autonomous region received more than 2.38 million tourist visits during the recent Spring Festival holiday, an increase of 16.56 percent year-on-year, according to the region's culture and tourism department.
Over 7,000 makeshift houses have been set up since an earthquake jolted Dingri County in Southwest China's Xizang autonomous region in early January, wrapping up construction of transitional housing for the affected people, local authorities said Friday.
An imported products fair kicked off on Thursday in Lhasa, the capital of the Xizang autonomous region, featuring non-staple Russian food, medicine from Thailand, Nepalese handicrafts, bronze artifacts from Pakistan and Afghan carpets.
A truck loaded with supplies navigated the winding roads of the Xizang autonomous region, stopping in village after village in Lhaze county to distribute much-needed aid following the 6.8-magnitude earthquake that struck on Jan 7.
On the morning of Jan 7, just 10 minutes after a 6.8-magnitude earthquake struck Dingri county in Xizang autonomous region, Southwest China, drones were already surveying the site of the epicenter.
More than 60 merchants from Nepal, Bhutan, Pakistan and Afghanistan can be found at a 10-day imported products fair in the capital of the Xizang autonomous region, which began on Thursday.
Champa Yangjen, a deputy to the Xizang Autonomous Regional People's Congress and vice-president of Xizang University, said the infrastructure improvement in universities reflects the high-quality development of education in the Xizang autonomous region in recent years, Xizang TV reported.
The Xizang autonomous region will incorporate six regions enriched with unique natural landscapes and abundant biodiversity into its national park plan, Xizang Daily reported.