Yogurt festival marks Tibet's post-Games boom

LHASA: Tibet stands to gain from a post-Games tourism boom, which coincides with the region's grandest annual festival, local officials have said.

Foreign tourists who have enjoyed the capital's historical sites and folkways during their Olympic visit might now seize the opportunity to see the Qinghai-Tibetan plateau while exploring the country's vast landscape, Tanor, deputy director of the Tibet tourism administration, said at a press conference in Beijing on Monday.

The number of tourists to the Tibet autonomous region is expected to reach its peak in September, starting with the annual Shoton (Yogurt) Festival, on Saturday, Tanor said.