because of high altitude and low contensity of Oxygen in air, them number of tourists to tibet is not as what people are expecting; since late of 2007, this has changed.
by the released information by tibet tourism bureau, from Oct. 1, 2007 till Dec. 31st, the recorded number of tourists to touring tibet is over 300,000 people; compared to the figure of the same period of year, it is a 37.6% rise
tibet tourism bureau officially initialized in 'winter travel to tibet' from Oct. 1st of 2007 till Oct. 31st of 2008, the vice director of tibet tourism bureau, wang songping, estimated that, during the period, the grouped tours will rise at 60% and the individual tours will be 45% rise,
in order to attract more tourists to tibet, tibet tourism bureau offically put a new program on stage - 'trek in Yarluzangbu canyon - world's grandest canyon'
people of tourism concered said that, tibet winter tours becaome like a hot cake, one reason is that, during the summer period, it is hard to get tickets to Potala palace, to book hotel rooms, buy air tickets and train tickets; the other reason is that, in the winter of tibet, it is not as cold as people have imagined before; except the cold in early morning and late evening, the sun time is much longer that places on tha same longitute; the temperatur is warm in daytime
and further more is that tibet rail opened to the public and this gives tourists more choice and more convenience
