By Xin Dingding (China Daily)
Updated: 2007-10-08 09:41

According to the local meteorology department, the average daytime temperature in Lhasa is 10 C. The plentiful sunshine, dry climate and low latitude would mean visitors would not feel so cold.

A local tourism agency said the number of people traveling to Tibet during the winter had increased by 5 percent since last November. Several big tour agencies have started to create new Tibet packages.

Guo said the CTS planned to organize tour groups to Nyingchi in Southwestern Tibet and Lhasa before the end of this month.

Another major tour agency, China International Travel Service Head Office (CITS), has similar plans.

Zhang Lingjie, deputy general manager of the CITS's domestic travel department, said the agency has reached an agreement with a local tour agency and would start to organize tour groups to Nyingchi in late October. The price will be a little more than 4,000 yuan.

Insiders said Nyingchi, 2,900 meters above the sea level, has rich resources for travel in the winter, such as Yarlung Tsangpo Grand Canyon and Midui Glacier.

      1   2     

      1   2