Tibet sees tourism boom over holidays

More than 310,000 tourists visited the Tibet autonomous region over the Lunar New Year holiday, an increase of 40.6 percent year-on-year, according to the regional department of tourism development.

Between Feb 11 and Feb 17, the region's travel revenue hit 215 million yuan ($33 million), up 56.7 percent year-on-year, according to the department.

Nie Jianhua, marketing director of Lansetianguo, a wave machine and hot springs complex in the region's Damshung county, said, "On the first three days of the holiday, the tourists were mainly from places outside the region and the following days there were more locals."