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Tibet has 78 hotels receiving foreign guests. Among them are 14 stars ones, including five three-star hotels, five two-star hotels and four one-star hotels. In addition, Tibet has 64 smaller hotels (hostels) which also accommodate foreign visitors. Most of them are found in Lhasa, and Xigaze, with the others scattered in Bayi Town, Qamdo Town, Zetang Town, Shiquanhe Town and Burang Town. In Lhasa there are the Tibet Hotel, Lhasa Hotel, Tibet Mansion, Sunlight Hotel, Himalayan Hotel and other star hotels made by the State tourism departments to receive foreign visitors, as well as hostels found in Barkor Street, Beijing Road East, Tibetan Medicine Road, Sera Road, Lingkor Road North, Lingkor Road East, Beijing Road Central and Yutog Road. Xigaze has tourist facilities which are no better than Lhasa but better than other parts of Tibet. A three-star hotel is the best of its kind in Xigaze; and the Sangzhub Hotel is the only one built jointly by the State and farmers in Xigaze.
Tibet has 36 travel agencies. They include five first-class ones charged with inviting organized foreign tours, and six second-class ones charged with receiving foreign organized tours. In addition, third-class travel agencies charged with receiving organized tours and individual tourists are on the rise. They include the Tibet Travel Corp., TAR Branch of the China International Travel Agencies, TAR Branch of the China Youth Travel Agency, TAR International Sports Tourism Corp. and TAR Workers' Travel Agency.
Number of Overseas Tourists Received and Tourism Income
|
Year |
Number of Tourists Received
（People） |
|
Business Income
（10000 Yuan） |
Profits
（10000 Yuan） |
Forex Income
(US$10000) |
|
Foreigners |
Overseas Chinese |
Compatriots from HK and Macao |
|
1980 |
1059 |
1004 |
1 |
54 |
130 |
81 |
80 |
|
1985 |
15402 |
15041 |
140 |
241 |
403 |
244 |
120 |
|
1986 |
30000 |
29553 |
153 |
294 |
1740 |
870 |
620 |
|
1987 |
43500 |
42889 |
257 |
354 |
3135 |
1300 |
800 |
|
1988 |
22736 |
21835 |
515 |
386 |
2662 |
849 |
700 |
|
1989 |
3603 |
3341 |
15 |
247 |
1010 |
-705 |
222 |
|
1990 |
11041 |
9842 |
40 |
1159 |
6031 |
682 |
601 |
|
1991 |
16755 |
14768 |
85 |
1902 |
7848 |
1507 |
924 |
|
1992 |
5093 |
49823 |
111 |
1029 |
7257 |
1751 |
997 |
|
1993 |
54409 |
53192 |
39 |
1173 |
9348 |
1377 |
675 |
|
1994 |
65980 |
62233 |
1503 |
2239 |
16321 |
2724 |
1045 |
|
1995 |
67814 |
65428 |
117 |
2269 |
21375 |
2598 |
1130 |
|
1997 |
82162 |
73412 |
112 |
8638 |
25974 |
2451 |
3172 |
|
1999 |
108224 |
98966 |
64 |
9194 |
30462 |
2670 |
3630 |
|
2000 |
149441 |
134539 |
984 |
13354 |
67462 |
2946 |
5226 |
|
2001 |
127148 |
116440 |
|
|
75053 |
3122 |
4638 |
|
2002 |
142279 |
129617 |
|
|
98777 |
3463 |
5166 |
|
2003 |
51120 |
45685 |
|
|
103723 |
|
1891 |
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