Tibet Destination Guide

Overview of Tibet

Key Facts

Language: The official language is Mandarin Chinese, but there are hundreds of local dialects. Passport/Visa: Currency: Electricity: Electrical current is 220 volts, 50Hz. Plug types vary, but the two-pin flat blade and oblique three-pin flat blade plugs are common. Adapters are generally required.

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Travel to Tibet Climate for Tibet Health Notes when travelling to China Safety Notes when travelling to China Customs in China Duty Free in China Doing Business in China Communication in China Tipping in China Passport/Visa Note

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Getting around in Tibet

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Attractions in Tibet Potala Palace Opening time: Daily 9.30am-2pm Address: 35 Beijing Middle Rd, Chengguan, Lhasa, Tibet Telephone: 139 899 87403 Website: http://www.potala-palace.com

Jokhang Temple Address: Chengguan, Lhasa Telephone: 891 633 6858 Website: jokhang.org

Tashi Lhunpo Monastery Address: 7 Jijilangka Road, Shigatse Website: http://www.tashilhunpo.org

Mount Everest

Pelkor Monastery Address: Gyangze, Shigatse

Lhasa

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Currency Exchange rate for 1 CNY - Chinese Yuan 0.15 BMD 0.14 EUR 0.15 USD 0.11 GBP 16.55 JPY 0.20 CAD Bermudan Dollar Euro U.S. Dollar U.K. Pound Sterling Japanese Yen Canadian Dollar 0.15 CHF 0.21 AUD 3.82 UAH 51.33 KZT 228.86 LBP 0.11 LYD Swiss Franc Australian Dollar Ukrainian Hryvnia Kazakhstani Tenge Lebanese Pound Libyan Dinar 1.04 BOB 16.40 NPR 0.06 OMR 0.55 QAR 0.21 SGD 1.26 SEK Bolivian Boliviano Nepalese Rupee Omani Rial Qatari Rial Singapore Dollar Swedish Krona 1.01 TTD 1.52 VEF 6.97 DOP 1.02 HRK 2.83 MXN 89.11 XOF Trinidad Tobago Dollar Venezuelan Bolivar Dominican Peso Croatian Kuna Mexican Peso West African CFA Franc 0.48 PGK 0.15 BSD 0.32 FJD 3.44 HNL 16.80 DZD 181.06 MMK Papua New Guinean kina Bahamian Dollar Fiji Dollar Honduran Lempira Algerian Dinar Myanma Kyat 1.70 BWP 0.51 PEN 105.40 CLP 72.66 AMD 3.67 CZK 3.04 MDL Botswana Pula Peruvian Nuevo Sol Chilean Peso Armenia Dram Czech Koruna Moldova Lei 18.89 ISK 446.64 UZS 0.59 ILS 0.11 JOD 0.05 KWD 4.76 UYU Icelandic Krona Uzbekistan Sum Israeli New Sheqel Jordanian Dinar Kuwaiti Dinar Uruguayan Peso 5.40 MUR 4.33 NIO 1.27 NOK 0.60 PLN 0.57 SAR 22.19 LKR Mauritian Rupee Nicaraguan Córdoba Norwegian Krone Polish Zloty Saudi Riyal Sri Lanka Rupee 5.41 THB 0.56 AED 0.55 BRL 0.62 RON 1.18 HKD 89.31 XAF Thai Baht U.A.E Dirham Brazilian Real Romanian New Leu Hong Kong Dollar Central African CFA Franc 3,415.75 VND 2.12 ARS 0.41 XCD 1.19 GTQ 1.49 MAD 0.06 BHD Vietnamese Dong Argentine Peso East Caribbean Dollar Guatemalan Quetzal Moroccan Dirham Bahrain Dinar 0.15 PAB 0.23 AZN 473.85 COP 10.38 KGS 42.52 HUF 1.20 TJS Panamanian Balboa Azerbaijan Manat Colombian Peso Kyrgyzstan Som Hungarian Forint Tajikistan Ruble 2,079.58 IDR 1.35 EGP 181.03 KRW 861.65 PYG 0.63 MYR 81.88 CRC Indonesian Rupiah Egyptian Pound South Korean Won Paraguayan Guaraní Malaysian Ringgit Costa Rican Colón 0.22 NZD 15.92 PKR 10.15 RUB 2.37 ZAR 0.32 TND 0.30 BBD New Zealand Dollar Pakistani Rupee Russian Rouble South African Rand Tunisian Dinar Barbadian Dollar 0.27 BGN 0.45 TRY 7.09 PHP 4.96 TWD 29.86 NGN 16.28 XPF Bulgarian Lev Turkish Lira Philippine Peso New Taiwan Dollar Nigerian Naira CFP Franc 0.59 GHS 18.99 JMD 0.27 ANG 0.21 BND 16.80 RSD 3,024.21 BYR Ghanaian Cedi Jamaican Dollar Neth. Antillean Guilder Brunei Dollar Serbian Dinar Belarussian Ruble 1.01 DKK 0.52 TMT 10.22 INR

Danish Krone New Turkmenistan Manat Indian Rupee

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