Bejing to Lhasa tour, by train
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How to allow tourists to appreciate the real beauty and exotic culture of Tibet while have the lowest human impact on the environment is one of the main guidelines for our company to handle the tour. Before your head to the tour destination, our travel consultant would advise you to travel light and bring reusable toiletry containers. As tour guide introduces the varied hot attractions, they will also raise tourists’ awareness of how to respect the unique local cultures and protect biodiversity. When tourists travel in Lhasa city, we also recommend tourists to tour the old city on foot or by bicycle and other public transportation like city bus to minimize the carbon foot print. In fact, travelling in this way, tourists can have closer contact with locals and fully discover the genuine Tibetan life. We offer eco-friendly accommodations travelers, where the water is heated with the power from the solar panels. We do remind tourists to turn off the air conditioning or other electric device if it is unnecessary. While touring the local market, never buy live wildlife home or purchase the souvenirs made of rare animals.
The Impacts of this Trip
As a responsible tour operator, we also attaches great importance to the development of local communities. Normally, winter is the off-season for Tibet Tourism, and the fewer tourists mean lower income to locals involved in tourism. However, because of our ample winter tour groups, the local Tibetan staff can work till Feb next year (usually they work from April to Oct.) All staff of different divisions work passionately and harmoniously like a big family.
During the spring festival, our tailor-made tour will guide tourists to visit the locals’ family and celebrate the festival together with them. In this way, the cultural gaps caused by false presentation of TV drama and magazines can be bridged. The host family and the foreign guests can understand two cultures’ differences, and make friends with each other. Meanwhile Tibetan families can have extra income. During some important festivals like Losar, we will also offer donation to charity organizations and some monasteries nearby Lhasa city.
How to allow tourists to appreciate the real beauty and exotic culture of Tibet while have the lowest human impact on the environment is one of the main guidelines for our company to handle the tour. Before your head to the tour destination, our travel consultant would advise you to travel light and bring reusable toiletry containers. As tour guide introduces the varied hot attractions, they will also raise tourists’ awareness of how to respect the unique local cultures and protect biodiversity. When tourists travel in Lhasa city, we also recommend tourists to tour the old city on foot or by bicycle and other public transportation like city bus to minimize the carbon foot print. In fact, travelling in this way, tourists can have closer contact with locals and fully discover the genuine Tibetan life. We offer eco-friendly accommodations travelers, where the water is heated with the power from the solar panels. We do remind tourists to turn off the air conditioning or other electric device if it is unnecessary. While touring the local market, never buy live wildlife home or purchase the souvenirs made of rare animals.
The Impacts of this Trip
As a responsible tour operator, we also attaches great importance to the development of local communities. Normally, winter is the off-season for Tibet Tourism, and the fewer tourists mean lower income to locals involved in tourism. However, because of our ample winter tour groups, the local Tibetan staff can work till Feb next year (usually they work from April to Oct.) All staff of different divisions work passionately and harmoniously like a big family.
During the spring festival, our tailor-made tour will guide tourists to visit the locals’ family and celebrate the festival together with them. In this way, the cultural gaps caused by false presentation of TV drama and magazines can be bridged. The host family and the foreign guests can understand two cultures’ differences, and make friends with each other. Meanwhile Tibetan families can have extra income. During some important festivals like Losar, we will also offer donation to charity organizations and some monasteries nearby Lhasa city.
2 Reviews of Bejing to Lhasa tour, by train
Reviewed on 01 Sep 2019 by James Troy
1. What was the most memorable or exciting part of your holiday?
Everest base camp and the terracotta warriors.
2. What tips would you give other travellers booking this holiday?
Don't use this Tibet operator for any travel on China proper. They got a lot wrong, wanted me the customer, to sort it out. Wrong phone numbers, wrong itinerary changes, incorrect hotel addresses. It was endless. Tibet itself went OK.
3. Did you feel that your holiday benefited local people, reduced environmental impacts or supported conservation?
Definitely.
4. Finally, how would you rate your holiday overall?
Very low because of the inconvenience in China. Leon Zhang was very disorganised and unhelpful.
Reviewed on 28 May 2017 by Sue Byrne
1. What was the most memorable or exciting part of your holiday?
Seeing how the Tibetan people live, their friendliness and warm smiles. The way that welcomed us into their everyday worship in the monasteries. Just the simple things really.
2. What tips would you give other travellers booking this holiday?
Don't have any expectations on anything. Let it happen. But on a practical level, always have loo roll handy and antibacterial stuff for toilets.
3. Did you feel that your holiday benefited local people, reduced environmental impacts or supported conservation?
Yes. Local hotels, local eating, Tibetan guide and making sure that we shopped in Tibetan stores. We used transport suited to size of group.
4. Finally, how would you rate your holiday overall?
It was brilliant. Loved it. Such a privilege to be amongst such genuine people and see how they are coping with the Chinese impact on their culture. And we liked that we were not put in faceless international hotels on the edge of cities and given freedom to eat where we wanted at night. The variety of activities was good, group size small, journeys broken by regular breaks. Our guide Yankie was incredible, calm, patient and so knowledgeable. The only criticism I would have would be the lack of toilet running water and washing facilities at Namsto Lake. Same for all tourist groups including the Chinese but something that needs to be addressed.
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