Editor's note: There has been significant development of the transportation system in Tibet over the past five decades, bringing an end to some of its former remoteness. Construction of 75,000 kilometers of roads has not only established a basic traffic network across the entire region, but also connects Tibet with Sichuan, Yunnan, Xinjiang and Qinghai provinces, and leads to India and Nepal. In 2006, the Qinghai-Tibet Railway, running from Qinghai Province to Lhasa, opened, giving the region its first railway.

Besides highways and railways, the air transportation in Tibet has also made a leap forward. During half-century development, more than 24.7 million passenger trips were made, 206,000 flights took off and landed, and the total volume of goods carried by air reached 329,900 tons. Currently, there are 58 air routes linking Tibet with Shanghai, Chengdu and other 36 cities, attracting numerous visitors every year.

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