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Qinghai-Tibet Railway Transports Over 270,000 Passengers
The Qinghai-Tibet railway line has carried 272,700 passengers and 37,400 tons of freight since entering service on July 1.
About 40 percent of the passengers were tourists, 30 percent business people and the rest students, transient workers, traders and people visiting relatives in
"The Qinghai-Tibet Railway has turned
In July and August,
Average occupancy for three-star and four-star hotels in
Zhanuo, deputy director of the Tibet Autonomous Regional Tourism Bureau, said that one person had died since the history-making plateau railway began operations.
The dead person was a 77-year-old Hong Kong resident who was unfit for travel in plateau regions as he had been diagnosed with pulmonary edema before reaching the Tibetan capital of
The Hong Kong resident fell ill and was hospitalized after arriving in
The old man ignored his doctor's recommendation that he take a flight out of
News Source: Xinhua News
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