Covid-19 Travel information for Tibet, Update May 2021:  Recently, we are receiving an increasing number of emails asking if Tibet would be open in the year 2021. So I decided to write what I have been hearing in Lhasa. https://www.nomadictibet.com/covid-19-travel-information-for-tibet/

Tibet Travel Permit Update What Is Tibet Travel Permit / Tibet Permit / Tibet Entry Permit / Tibet Visa? *** Tibet Permit is the official document that permits the foreign traveller to travel in Tibet Autonomous Region. *** Only the local Travel agency based in Lhasa can successfully get the Tibet travel permit for the visitors because the permit is issued at Lhasa. *** Many travel websites use the term "Tibet Visa", which is completely mistaken because foreigners must need a valid Passport and Chinese Visa to apply for the Tibet Entry Permit. *** Please check the below Link page of the website for more details of Tibet Travel Permit and the latest update news regarding the Tibet Permit during the COVID. https://www.tibetfocus.travel/travel-guide/tibet-travel-permit/ https://teletype.in/@tibetfocustravel/oObjEDljOcO

Shigatse prefecture (གཞི་ཀ་རྩེ།) is the central prefecture of Tibet. The area is traditionally known as Tsang. Bordering Lhasa and Lhokha on the east, Nepal on the south, Ngari prefecture on the west and Nagqu Prefecture on North. It is the home to the most famous monastery of Sakya Monastery and Tashi Lhunpo Monastery, Famous mountains like Mt Everest and Himalaya region. https://itibettravel.com/tibet-travel/tibet-destinations/shigatse-prefecture-travel-guide/

Lhoka Prefecture is also called as Shannan Prefecture. The prefecture covers an area of 79700 square Kilometers. It is located on the south of Lhasa Prefecture, west of Nyintri Prefecture, east of Shigatse prefecture and north of Bhutan and India. The topography averages at 3700 Meters above sea level, making it lower than the Lhasa and Shigatse prefecture. The population of the Tsedang city was 330,100 in the year 2007. https://itibettravel.com/tibet-travel/tibet-destinations/lhokha-prefecture-travel-guide/

Lhasa Travel Guide gives you all the details Information you will need for visiting Lhasa City and Lhasa Prefecture. Here we have all the Attractions, Hotels and Tibet Travel permit informations you will need to know before coming to Tibet. https://itibettravel.com/tibet-travel/tibet-destinations/lhasa-travel-guide/

Flying to Tibet is the most convenient way of getting to Tibet. Out of all cities in China, Taking a flight from Chengdu to Lhasa and Kathmandu to Lhasa is the easiest. Majority of the Chinese domestic Airlines Operates flight to Lhasa from different cities in China. https://itibettravel.com/tibet-travel/flight-to-tibet/

The Tibet travel permit is the primary document to get to visit Tibet. Tourism Bureau in Lhasa, Tibet, issues this travel document. This document is called in different ways by different tour service providers. Therefore, We are now familiar with the word such as the Tibet visa and Tibet permit. So it’s a different name for one single document just for you (foreign traveller) to travel inside Tibet Autonomous region of China. https://itibettravel.com/tibet-travel/tibet-travel-permit/

Tibet Travel Informations on this website are all genuine, and first-hand knowledge from a Local Tibetan owned travel agency in Tibet (About Us). We have been operating the Tibet travel service since the year 1997, and this makes us one of the oldest operational Travel agency in Lhasa. https://itibettravel.com/tibet-travel/

Train to Tibet brings together the most attractive panoramas into one unique travel experience! Qinghai-Tibet Railway is the world’s highest railway. Its been open to the public since 2006. This railway line covers 710 miles and reaching altitudes over 5000m from Qinghai to Lhasa. https://tibetuniversaltravel.com/category/train-to-tibet/

How To Get To Lhasa, Tibet: Basically there are three main ways for visitors to get to Lhasa. These are flight, train, and overland. Taking a flight is the most straightforward way of getting to Lhasa. Visitors who choose this option will land at the Lhasa Gonggar Airport. https://tibetuniversaltravel.com/how-to-get-to-lhasa-tibet/