Tibetan district targets rural tourism to benefit villagers

Lhakdron, a fellow villager of Basang Droma who works as a shopping guide in the center, said she just graduated from a university outside Tibet and felt lucky to find a job at her doorstep, as she receives a monthly salary of 3,100 yuan.

"It's so convenient to work in the tourism service center in the village. When I go to work and go back home on foot, it takes only a few minutes," she said.

Dagze district is known as the eastern gate of the region. In 2018, the district received more than 770,000 tourists, with an increase of 17 percent year-on-year, and its tourism revenue hit about 38 million yuan, up 21 percent over the previous year.

Over 4,000 rural villagers from about 1,000 households took part in the tourism industry in 2018.