Travel to Tibet during the New Year Festival

Visitors who've traveled to Tibet during the celebration of the annual Tibetan New Year Festival were always impressed by various traditional folk customs. An increasing number of tourists both at home and abroad are willing to experience the special festival atmosphere during the Tibetan New Year recent years. There are even more visitors in Tibet when the celebration of the Tibetan New Year coincides the Spring Festival holiday in inland China.

Tibetan New Year Festival and Chinese New Year Festival

It is reported that most visitors travel to Tibet during the Tibetan New Year have strong interest in the local folk customs and religious ceremonies. Both the festival clothes and snacks are quite fresh and of great attraction for visitors from different corners of the world. In addition, the blue sky and warm sunshine also make visitors on Tibet Plateau in good mood.

It should be noted that the Tibetan New Year Festival would be celebrated from the very start of another year according to the Tibetan Calendar while the Chinese New Year (also noted as Spring Festival) would be celebrated from the very start of another year according to the Chinese Lunar Calendar. The two festivals would be celebrated in similar period in some years. Therefore, more domestic tourists would like to spend their Spring Festival Holiday in Lhasa if the two important festivals would be celebrated in the same period.

Transportation to Tibet during the New Year Festival

The winter season is widely regarded as the low season of Tibet tour, and the number of visitors in Tibet is much less compared to the high season in the summer. But the celebration week of the Tibetan New Year Festival is also a high season for Tibet tour and there is strong burden in transportation to Tibet. Hence, the bus station, airport and railway station in Lhasa would make preparation for the short peak season in winter. Both the air tickets and train tickets to Tibet are in large demand during the annual winter holiday.

During the celebration of the Tibetan New Year Festival and the Spring Festival, the train tickets to Tibet are in much larger demand than the train tickets out of Tibet. On the one hand, local Tibetans would come back to Tibet for the celebration of the Tibetan New Year, on the other side tourists from other parts of China would like to travel to Tibet to spend their Spring Festival Holiday. Therefore, it is necessary to book the train tickets to Lhasa in advance for tourists planning a Tibet tour during the Tibetan New Year.

Obviously, there is large demand in the air tickets to Lhasa during the Tibetan New Year and the Spring Festival, but tourists could also get preferable discount if you book the tickets in advance. After the festival celebration, the air tickets out of Tibet are in larger demand for both local Tibetans and visitors would leave Tibet for other domestic cities for work or study. In addition, there is also a certain number of domestic tourists would like to travel to Tibet for the celebration of the New Year Festival by self-driving. There is no doubt that the Qinghai-Tibet Highway is the best choice for it enjoys the best road condition among the highways to Tibet.