Lhasa, whose name means 'the Land of Gods' in Tibetan, is the capital of Tibet Autonomous Region. Due to its sufficient sunshine annually, it is also famed as 'the Sunshine City'. It is the center of Tibet's political, economic, cultural and religious activities. Lhasa is an ancient city with its time-honored 1,300 years' history. It was called 'Luosha' or 'Luoxie' which mean 'dert-delivering-by-sheep' in the ancient times.
Lhasa is an international tourist destination with plateau characteristics and the national characteristics. It features in ancient city tour, creative tour, festival tourism, suburban tour, vacation tour, scenic traveling, realizing the Lhasa tourism "ecologicalize, nationalization and internationalization".
Tourism in the urban economic development in the industry, position, and gradually increase the economic role of the tourism industry to boost the urban economy, social employment, driving force, as well as the promotion of the role of culture and the environment becomes increasingly obvious. Tourism is a pillar of China's economic development industries.
Lhasa is famous for its beautiful scenery; long history and brilliant culture; local conditions and unique customs; numerous scenic spots and historical sites; as well as rich religious color. It has more than 200 scenic spots and historical sites. Apart from the famous Potala Palace, the three Shamanism monasteries (Ganden Monastery, Sera Monastery, Drepung Monastery), Jokhang Temple and Norbulingka, it also have a magic Lake Namco scenery, beautiful Dangxiong Grassland scenery, fancy Dezhong Hot Spring, etc...
Lhasa Tourism Administration
Many tourists who come to Lhasa for their first time are not familiar with the Lhasa attractions, food, housing, transportation, etc... So they waste a lot of time during their Lhasa Tours. Lhasa Tourism Administration has distributed free travel brochures in the police station around the popular Lhasa attractions, like the Potala Palace and Jokhang Temple. Those travel brochures mainly include food, housing, transportation, travel, shopping, entertainment, folk custom tourism, advisory services, letting tourists get a deep and comprehensive understanding of Lhasa.
