Tibet Travel Guide

1. Physical preparation: Ensure adequate sleep before going to Tibet  and people suffering from a bad cold, chronic cough, sputum, and other respiratory diseases, severe hypertension, asthma, heart disease are not recommended to travel in Tibet 2. Skincare products : Tourists have to wear sunglasses, a sun hat and sunscreen due to the strong ultraviolet radiation. You will need lip balms, moisturizing creams, and other anti-drying skincare products due to the dry climate 3. Required documents: ID card, border defense card (for tourists to Mount Everest , Lhasa , Kerung, Yadong, Ngari , and other border areas); Tibet Travel Permit (for foreign travelers), passport, visa (for foreign travelers) 4. Clothing: Tibet is characterized by its high-altitude, strong sunshine, and high difference of daily temperature, please check weather conditions before departure and prepare anti-cold clothes 5. Altitude sickness : Altitude sickness is a normal physiologi...

Tibet Travel Permit is the official document which permits the foreign traveler to enter and travel in Tibet. It is the secondary travel document to travel in Tibet besides the China Visa. Among several Tibet permits, Tibet Travel Permit (Tibet Entry Permit) is foremost and compulsory for foreign passport holders to enter Tibet. The Permit is issued by Tibet Tourism Bureau and it is the so-called Tibet Tourism Bureau Permit or TTB Permit . With this permit, foreigners can visit Lhasa , Shigatse, Everest, Mt Kailash, and so on. Tibet Travel Permit is also needed to take a train or flight to and off Tibet. You must contact the Tibetan Travel Agency based in Lhasa to process the Tibet Travel Permit before starting your Tibet tour .