Travel perks help Tibet work wonders

The Tibet autonomous region has extended a package of favorable travel policies it introduced earlier this year to boost winter tourism, in a bid to ride the wave of success that saw its seasonal visitor numbers soar.

Tibet's unique natural landscape and range of folk customs have long made the place an appealing destination for visitors both from home and abroad.

In 2017, Tibet received 25.61 million travel visits, a rise of 10.6 percent over the previous year. This helped reverse the downward trend seen in previous years, where the region had been struggling with sluggish winter visitor numbers.