Tibet improves infrastructure to boost tourism

LHASA, April 27 (Xinhua) -- Southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region pooled more than 500 million yuan (about 76.2 million U.S. dollars) into tourism infrastructure projects to boost its tourism industry in 2021, said the regional tourism development department Wednesday.

The money went to the construction of 39 tourism infrastructure projects and public service facilities across the region, as well as significant cultural protection projects and tourism projects in border and rural areas, said Wang Songping, head of the department.