Tibet rail transportation has benefited local people in Qinghai-Tibet plateau

About 30,000 farmers and herdsman have benefited from higher income with the tourism brought by the Qinghai-Tibet Railway.

Official statistics showed that, after the railway started operations in the past year, Tibet received more than 4 million tourists, rising 60 percent. Total income from tourism hit 220 million yuan ($30 million), an increase of 43.8 percent from before.

Farmers and herdsmen who worked in the tourism industry had an average annual income of 6,383 yuan each, 20 percent more than that in the previous year.