BEIJING, April 20 (Xinhuanet) -- One out of ten visitors to Tibet is from a foreign country after the region reopened to foreign tourists or tourists from China's Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan in early April.
Foreign tourists may get into the southwest China's region as of April 5 after it lifted a month-long suspension.
As the impact of last year's March 14 riots in Lhasa was over and it is becoming warmer, tourism in Tibet is beginning to enter the peak season.
Foreign tourists like Tibet very much, said Yu Xungui, deputy director of the Tourism Bureau of Tibet Autonomous Region.
In early April alone, the region received about 20 foreign tourist groups every day, each with 100 members on average.
Yu said that as 2009 is the year for ecotourism in China, Tibet has underscored the theme and introduced a series of eco-travel routes. For example, it has opened special routes like hiking along the grand Yarlung Zangbo River Valley, tours in the holy city of Lhasa and eco-travel to Mt. Qomolangma.
A total of three million Chinese and foreign tourists are expected to visit the region in 2009, he estimated
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