As a famous international city, tourists would always like to visit Tibet through Shanghai. Therefore Tibet tour from Shanghai becomes more and more popular. There are three ways for tourists to go to Tibet from Shanghai, railway, air and half air and half Qinghai-Tibet railway.
Situated in the Yangtze River Delta of eastern China, Shanghai is regarded as the mouth of the Yangtze River in the middle portion of the Chinese coast. It is a global city, with strong influence in commerce, culture, finance, media, fashion, technology, and transport. It is a major financial center and the busiest container port of the world.
There is direct flight from Shanghai to Tibet. In fact, it will take tourists only few hours to take the air to Tibet.
But in fact, only Shanghai Pudong Airport has operated the flights to Tibet. There is not any flight from Shanghai Hongqiao to Tibet.
Many tourists would like to take the train from Shanghai to Tibet, which you will have a chance to enjoy the fascinating scenery on the way. Along the train journey from Shanghai to Tibet, you will deeply impressed by the snow mountains, higher sky, clear air and mysterious nature along the the horizon.
In addition, tourists could acclimatize the high altitude slowly on the train. Oxygen is always offered on the train. And there are lots of oxygen facilities for tourists.
Some of the tourists would also like to visit other places on the way to Tibet, such as Xining, Xian, Beijing, Chengdu and Chongqing. Therefore, tourists are kindly suggested to take the flight to Xining, Xian, Beijing,. Chengdu or Chongqing and then take the train there to Tibet. It is time-saving and tourists will not feel very tired.