Tibet seeing a record number of travelers

Tibet for the first time received more than 1 million tourists from home and abroad in a single month, setting a new record.

Tibet welcomed 1.22 million tourists in July, 2.3 times more than the same time last year, according to a statement from the tourism bureau of the Tibet autonomous region released Friday.

The tourists brought revenue of 1.09 billion yuan ($160 million) to Tibet, 1.9 times more than the same period last year.