Strategies for Developing Heritage and Cultural Tourism in Tibet

This report examines the burgeoning heritage and cultural tourism sector in Tibet, highlighting its unique growth factors and cultural significance. It emphasizes the importance of development to achieve management goals, focusing on preserving cultural traditions and historical sites, particularly in the context of religious tourism centered around Buddhism. The report discusses the implementation of government policies and strategies aimed at developing religious sites into tourist attractions to generate revenue and boost the travel and tourism sector. It further analyzes the role of technology, the need for global-level advancements, and the importance of tour operators in creating comprehensive packages. The report also explores the historical context of tourist destinations, the impact of government policies at sites like Lhasa's Barkhor district and Jokhang Temple, and the interdependence of supporting industries like transport and food and beverage. Overall, the report underscores the need for effective planning and development to flourish Tibet's cultural and heritage sector, ensuring its traditions are shared globally.

Heritage and cultural tourism management
Heritage and culture industry is growing very fast as well as it has such growth factors which
makes it separate from other sectors.
Development is necessary for every entity so that they can achieve the targets and goals which
management has decided.
This industry mainly focuses on tradition and culture of society. The term heritage actually refers
to the culture and tradition of a particular.
These are the cultural and social values that have been passed from one generation to other
generation.
Tour operators and other sectors are involving themselves in growth of heritage and culture.
Preserving such monuments and heritage sites is become the main agenda in Tibet hence this will
help in growth of this sector.
There are some laws and regulations have been enacted there in Tibet in reference with
preservation and development of heritage and culture.
Such legislation prevents the miss-utilization of historical monuments. Heritage tourism in Tibet is
seen as religious tour.
Because Tibet is very famous for Buddhism Monks and Buddhism religion, hence tourists from
around the world visits Tibet to gather information about the Buddhism religion.
Later on government of Tibet had implemented such policies and strategies so that their Religious
places can be developed as tourist attractions and they can generate revenue for the government of
Tibet. As well as it will develop travel and tourism sector in country.

This will develop the small companies and their operations which work directly or indirectly in
travel and tourism sector.
This will allow Tibet to give knowledge to its visitors about its culture, traditions and social values.
In the late nineties technology has become the major part of travel and tourism sector.
This will provide better facilities to its visitors as technology makes life easier hence tourist
prefers to use those services which has technological advancements.
As other countries and their travel and tourism sector has developed heritage and cultural sectors
through which they can provide better facilities to their visitors.
Heritage and cultural sectors needs to develop technological advancements on global level.
Development leads to get better opportunities in any industry, hence cultural and heritage sector of
Tibet needs to make proper development in this sector so that better revenue can be generated
through this sector and knowledge of culture and tradition of Tibet can be flourished all over the
world. Tour operators needs to plan such packages in which a number of facilities can be provided
to visitors with better technology and effective planning.
Development of heritage and tourism sector is depend on the history related with tourist
destinations, as visitors are always wants to know the stories behind any monument. Tibet has
various such tourist destination which has some historical background. In present , government of
Tibet is implementing such policies which can develop its tourism sector in a way so that it can
generate better revenue and it can increase image of Tibet and its historical places.
At present government of Tibet has implemented such developing policies at Lhasa's barkhor
district and temple of Jokhang so that these places can emerge as tourism destinations. This will
help to preserve such places as well as to attract more visitors so that revenue of travel and tourism
sector can be developed.
Some industries like transport, food and beverage industry are indirectly forms a major part in
heritage and cultural sector. As these industries are totally interdependent hence government of
Tibet needs to form better policies for these supporting industries so that Cultural and heritage
industry can grow easily and it can provide effective results to Tibet and its local government.