The first garden hotel in Lhasa was opened to tourists in July 2013

With the coming of the summer vacation, Tibet Plateau welcomes its peak tourism season in July. The first garden hotel in Lhasa was opened to tourists on July 19th, 2013. It is reported that this hotel will cooperate with the civil airlines to provide more sincere services for visitors from different corner of the world.

The first garden hotel in Lhasa – Lhasa Airport Garden Hotel is located in the New Liuwu District (a typical model district in the modern Lhasa City). This garden style hotel was opened to tourists on July 19th, 2013. The opening of the hotel will greatly promote the tourism development in this newly developed district and enhance its role in the visitors' collection and distribution. Lhasa Airport Garden Hotel provides a series of advanced services for its clients. Guests here could handle the check-in procedure directly. This newly opened service presents a new lifestyle, and also promotes the upgrading of the city grade and plays a positive role in the economic growth of the New Liuwu District.

According to the vice president of Lhasa Airport Garden Hotel, it introduces the unique airport & hotel service firstly depends on its superior civil aviation tourism resources. The first city check-in service reception desk was settled in the hotel. It could provide the flight information check, air tickets sale, check-in procedure handling and airport transportation service for guests of the hotel. While check out for leaving Lhasa, tourists could change the boarding card in the hotel directly and don't have to wait for a long time in the airport. In addition, the clients of the hotel have the priority of purchasing an air ticket with the same price. It is reported that the Lhasa Airport Garden Hotel is planning to settle its reception desk in the terminal of Lhasa Gonggar Airport in the future, then tourists could deal with the hotel check-in procedure once you land in Lhasa and wait your luggage in the hotel room.

Tourists making a Tibet tour would find that the Lhasa Airport Garden Hotel is pretty close to Lhasa Railway Station and Potala Palace, only about 5-10 minutes driving away. Its good location and convenient transportation have been its attractions for tourists coming to Lhasa the first time. Lhasa Airport Garden Hotel covers a total area of 16,000 square meters. The natural environment-friendly materials were applied into the construction and decoration of the hotel. The garden covers an area of 12,000 square meters create a healthy environment for guests.

According to the statistics provided by Tibet Tourism Bureau, Tibet has received 3.43 million tourists both at home and abroad in the first half of 2013 and realized a total tourism revenue of 3.17 billion RMB. Currently, the relevant tourism resources are in great demand and it is hard to find a vehicle, room or guide temporarily. The number of visitors in Lhasa will not get smaller till the end of August.