I-LHASA – I-Tibet ilindele ukwamukela izivakashi eziyizigidi ezintathu zakuleli nezakwamanye amazwe ngo-2009, kusho isikhulu esiphethe ezokuvakasha esifundeni lapha ngoMgqibelo.
I-Tibet ithole izivakashi ezingama-230 ezivela eMacao naseZhuhai City eningizimu yeSifundazwe sase-Guangdong saseChina ngoMgqibelo ngasekupheleni. Lolu hambo lukhulu kunawo wonke selokhu kwaqala ukusebenza kwe-Qinghai-Tibet Railway. Bazoba nohambo lwezinsuku eziyisishiyagalolunye eTibet, bevakashela izindawo eziningi ezinhle ezihlanganisa iPotala Palace kanye neJokhang Temple.
I-Qinghai-Tibet Railway ilethe abagibeli abayizigidi ezingu-7.6 eTibet eminyakeni emibili futhi iningi labo bekuyizivakashi, kusho uWang Songping, isekela lomqondisi weTibet Autonomous Region Tourism Administration.
Abaphathi bazogxila kakhulu ekuheheni izivakashi zasekhaya ngo-2009 futhi balindele ukwamukela izivakashi zasekhaya ezingaba yizigidi ezi-2.9, kusho uWang.
I-Tibet ithole izivakashi eziyizigidi ezingu-2.25 ngonyaka odlule, phakathi kwazo eziyizigidi ezingu-2.17 bekuyizivakashi zasekhaya.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- The administration will mainly focus on attracting domestic tourists in 2009 and expects to receive about 2.
- Tibet expects to receive three million domestic and foreign tourists in 2009, said an official with the regional tourism administration here on Saturday.
- The tour is the biggest ever since the first operation of the Qinghai-Tibet Railway.
