Post office opens at foot of Tibet's Mount Kailash

A post office has been opened at the foot of Mount Kailash in the Tibet autonomous region to provide better services for visitors.

The post office is in Ngari prefecture's Burang county, more than 1,200 kilometers from Lhasa, the regional capital.

"It is the first big post office, with more functions and better services, in Ngari prefecture," said Gyime Wangchuk, head of Ngari's tourism development commission.