Popular destinations-Lhasa

There are numerous historic places in Lhasa. The Potala Palace, Jokhang Temple, and Norbulingka are designated as World Cultural Heritage sites. The primary tourist sites are Drepung Temple, Sera Temple, Ramoche Temple, Zongjiao Lukang, the Tibetan King’s Mausoleum, Tsurphu Monastery, Lhasa Mosque, Qugong Site, Tibet Museum, Yaowang Mountain, Zhigong Gagyu Sect Temple Group, and so on. Barkhor Street, Yutuo-Road Pedestrian Street, and the Lhasa Department Store Building are among the most prominent business sectors. Qusang Hot Springs in Duilong Deqing County and Dezhong Hot Springs in Mozhugongka County are well-known throughout Tibet for their geothermal hot springs, which have both economic and medical value. Lhasa, or “La” for short, is the capital of China’s Tibet Autonomous Region and an international tourist destination with plateau and ethnic characteristics. Tibet is a political, economic, cultural, and religious center, as well as a Tibetan Buddhist holy region. Lhasa, at 3650 meters, is located in the center of the Tibet Plateau on the north side of the Himalayas. It is situated on the valley plain in the middle sections of the Lhasa River, a tributary of the Yarlung Zangbo River. The Lhasa River flows through here before entering the Yarlung Zangbo River in the southern suburbs.