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- Tibet opened its border for tourist in 1980s.
- Tibet serves as a great playground for hikers.
- Tibet provides fresh water for over billion of people.
- Holding the largest amount of fresh water reserve locked in snowfields and glacier, Tibet is called Third Pole of the world.
- Tibet being China’s largest provincial state still is less populated.
- Buddhism is the foundation of Tibet’s culture and everyday life.
- Tibet is sometimes called the “Sea of Dances and Song” as Tibetans love music and dancing.
- Tibetan people believe Lake Yamdrok (which was formed when glacial rocks and mud blocked the flow of a river) carries deep spiritual meaning.
- Potala Palace, Norbulinka Summer Palace and Jokhang Temple wonders at Tibet’s capital Lhasa is a UNESCO world heritage site.
- Yarlung Tsangpo Grand Canyon is the deepest canyon in the World.
- Yangbajing, a small town in Tibet is the highest place on earth with a hot spring.
- Lake Mansarovar (mah-pung-young-tswaw in Tibet) is a sacred place in four religions: Bon, Buddhism, Hinduism and Jainism.
- Raksas Tal (Devil Lake), in close proximity of sweet Lake Mansarovar, is a salt water lake.
