Southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region received a record 230 Cheap Texas Longhorns Jersey ,000 tourists during the just-ended Spring Festival holiday, said local authorities on Friday.
The number of visitors from home and abroad to the plateau land over the week-long holiday, which ended on Thursday, grew 7.81 percent year on year, with tourism revenues increasing 13.3 percent to 185 million yuan (30.5 million U.S. dollars), according to a statement issued by the regional tourism bureau.
It attributed the growth to the local government's vigorous promotion of winter travel Cheap South Carolina Gamecocks Jersey , with winter the traditional off-peak season for the popular tourist resort.
Fears of severe cold and altitude sickness on the remote plateau, where healthcare is generally poor, usually hold potential visitors back in winter. Therefore, local authorities have been campaigning hard through media to dispel those "misunderstandings," said Yu Dawa, head of the regional tourism bureau.
Monitoring results provided by the meteorological observatory of Lhasa Cheap Penn State Nittany Lions Jersey , the regional capital, suggested the oxygen content of air during the city's winter is only 3 percent lower than that recorded during its summer.
"It's also not that cold in winter. In fact, you can feel very warm and comfortable in the bright sunshine at noon," said Yang Xiuqiong, a veteran tour guide in Lhasa.
The majority of Tibet's scenic spots and hotels offer a 50-percent discount in winter to woo customers.
An alluring destination for adventures and pilgrimages, Tibet has seen its tourism sector grow by an annual average of 30 percent over the past six years. A record 12.91 million tourists visited in 2013 Cheap Oregon Ducks Jersey , up 22 percent year on year.
LONDON, Sept. 12 (Xinhua) -- The man who entered as a "wild card" the race to lead Britain's main opposition Labour party was Saturday crowned as its new leader at a special conference close to Westminster.
Jeremy Corbyn, 66, who has never had a top-table job in the party since becoming an MP in 1983, on Saturday became Labour's prime minister in waiting. All he needs to do is lead his party to victory against the governing Conservatives in 2020 to earn those coveted keys to 10 Downing Street.
He beat three contenders in the leadership race, two of them high level members of Labour's front-bench team.
His victory came when the results of the four-way fight were announced at a special Labour conference. The result rocked the Labour establishment to its very core, sending shock waves through the party hierarchy.
Content with lurking on the back benches in Parliament since becoming MP for the London constituency in Islington North 32 years ago, Corbyn was cascaded into the political limelight when he was persuaded at the last minute to enter the leadership race.
With odds of winning put initially by bookmakers at 200-1, Corbyn's participation was seen as a side-show Cheap Oklahoma Sooners Jersey , giving party members a wider choice in the election. It was to be a two-horse race between shadow cabinet co-favorites Yvette Cooper and Andy Burnham, with loyal Blairite, Liz Kendall an outside favorite. Corbyn was not even expected to leave the starting block, but ended up as odds-on favorite.
Something stunning had occurred. Labour changed its rules to allow people to become party supporters, paying three pounds (4.6 U.S. dollars) to earn a vote. The party membership rocketed, with hundreds of thousands joining Cheap Ohio State Buckeyes Jersey , most of them backing Corbyn.
Suddenly theaters and public arenas across the country were crammed to capacity as people, particularly younger supporters, cheered Corbyn as the new political "Messiah".
The party wheeled out its big runs to warn against a Corbyn victory, people like ex-prime ministers Tony Blair and Gordon Brown. Their warnings just stoked the flames of support for Corbyn even more. It demonstrated that in the eyes of many, Labour the runners up in the general elections of 2010 and 2015, had lost its way.
Against warnings of the party facing annihilation under Corbyn Cheap Notre Dame Fighting Irish Jersey , he continues to lead the race, leaving his three challengers trailing way behind.
The son of a couple who met during the Spanish Civil War, the Grammar school educated politician never went to university and is famed for defying Labour bosses in parliament more than any other MP.
He became a vegetarian at 20 after a spell working on a pig farm, doesn't own a car but cycles everywhere instead, is described as left wing and writes a regular column in the Morning Star newspaper.
He is opposed to nuclear weapons and wants to see the cancellation of Britain's Trident nuclear weapons program. This year it was reported he had married a Mexican coffee importer, Laura Alvarez Cheap North Carolina Tar Heels Jersey , 20 years younger than him. She became his third wife after two broken marriages.
He is teetotal and a supporter of the London premiership team, Arsenal, and is five times winner of Parliament's "beard of the year" contest.
An anti-monarchist, he once asked Blair to remove the Royal Family from Buckingham Palace.
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