The picture shows dancers dancing Tibetan dances on the platform to see off tourists. Photo by China News Agency reporter Jia Tianyong
Beijing, May 29 (Reporter Xu Jing) The first "Heart to Heart Beijing-Tibet" tourist train in 2023 carried more than 400 tourists and departed from Beijing West Railway Station on the 28th. The train lasts for 14 days, passing through Xining, Lhasa, Nyingchi, Shannan and other places, and visitors will enjoy 16 natural landscapes and cultural scene areas with Tibetan characteristics.
The reporter learned from China Railway Beijing Bureau Group Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "China Railway Beijing Bureau") that the "Heart to Heart Beijing-Tibet" tourist train is a Beijing Tibet Aid Train project jointly built by the Beijing Tibet Aid Headquarters, the People's Government of Chengguan District of Lhasa City and China Railway Travel Service Group Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "China Railway Travel Group") in the form of "railway + cultural tourism + ethnic unity", aiming to publicize the achievements of Tibet's reform and development and stimulate the vitality of the cultural tourism market in Lhasa, Tibet. Promote the high-quality development of counterpart aid to Tibet.
The picture shows the departure ceremony at Beijing West Railway Station. Photo by China News Agency reporter Jia Tianyong
In 2023, the first "Heart to Heart Beijing-Tibet" tourist train will depart, marking the official launch of the "Beijing-Tibet" tourist train project. Li Zheng, executive deputy secretary and executive deputy mayor of the Chengguan District Party Committee of Lhasa, said that the "Beijing-Tibet" tourist train is a new tourist business card of the snowy plateau and a key Tibet aid measure for Beijing to "attract tourists into Tibet", providing "acceleration" for promoting local economic and social development, allowing Lhasa's special products and tourism resources to "go out", "inviting in" tourists from the capital and other regions, and constantly promoting exchanges and exchanges between Beijing and Lhasa.
Wang Yue, business manager of China Railway Travel Group Tourism Special Train Branch, introduced that the operation of the tourist train has been strongly supported by the Beijing Tibet Aid Headquarters and the People's Government of Chengguan District of Lhasa, using the combination mode of "Tuding train + tourist special train", Beijing West to Xining tourists take T175, Z151 train, Xining to Lhasa tourists transfer to Y971 tourist special train aerobic train, the train is equipped with diffuse and distributed oxygen supply methods, can supply oxygen to the train through air conditioning, or distribute to the seat (shop) through the oxygen supply pipeline ) emergency oxygen port to minimize the physical discomfort caused by altitude sickness during the trip.
The "Heart to Heart Beijing-Tibet" Tibet Aid Tourist Train covers a total of 14 days. During the 14-day trip, visitors will pass through Xining, Lhasa, Nyingchi, Shannan and other places, and visitors will enjoy 16 natural landscapes with Tibetan characteristics and peculiar cultural scenery areas, such as Thar Monastery, Potala Palace and Yani Wetland.
The picture shows the first "Heart to Heart Beijing-Tibet" tourist train in 2023, tourists entering the station to board. Photo by China News Agency reporter Jia Tianyong
The train will hold chess and card competitions, health lectures, karaoke and other activities to enrich the life of the journey. At the same time, we also carefully prepared a small gift package of "Jingzang" to give to guests. In order to ensure the health and safety of tourists, especially to cope with sudden altitude sickness, the two medical staff accompanying the group have rich experience in the common symptoms and treatment of altitude sickness, and are equipped with professional external automatic defibrillator AED, simple respirator, oximeter, stethoscope, oxygen tube, brain oxygen, multi-parameter detector and other professional equipment and special drugs to escort the whole process.
Guo Yabin, the conductor of the T175 train, introduced that in order to better serve the tourists of this "Beijing-Tibet", the crew has launched special service measures in a targeted manner. Among them, "active service" is the focus of tourists to actively help solve problems; "Silver Service" provides age-appropriate services for older tourists; The "convenience service" provides passengers with blood pressure monitors, sewing kits, chargers, eye masks, disposable earplugs and other supplies; "Catering Service" takes the culture of the train passing through the Northwest Territories as the background to produce special dishes, which not only reflect the local cultural characteristics, but also meet the differentiated catering needs of tourists from all over the world. (End)