BEIJING, China – China’s Tibet Autonomous Region has recently experienced a surge in tourist arrivals, with numbers rising 19.6 percent for the period of January-August from the previous year, and m
BEIJING, China – China’s Tibet Autonomous Region has recently experienced a surge in tourist arrivals, with numbers rising 19.6 percent for the period of January-August from the previous year, and more peak numbers expected for the fall with the start of “climbing season.” With five mountains in Tibet that are more than 8,000 meters in height – including Qomolangma, which is known as the “Mount Everest of the West,” and Mount Cho Oyu, the world’s sixth highest mountain – and thousands of mountains above 6,000 meters, climbing in Tibet is a huge draw.
Mount Cho Oyu (8201m), the sixth highest mountain in the world located west of Mount Everest, is considered to be one of the easiest mountains to climb among the 8000ers if climbed from Tibet side.