Travel Permits for Visiting Tibet

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Travel Permits for Visiting Tibet
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The beauty of Tibet

• Tibet serves as one of the most popular holiday
  destinations in the South Asia. It is an
  autonomous region located to the south eastern
  China. It is known for its hilly areas,
  mountains, lakes and monasteries and also for a
  number of other tourist attractions. Many people
  visit Tibet as a part of their pilgrimage trip
  and again many others keep Tibet on their must
  visit list while holidaying in China. It has a
  pleasant weather throughout the year thought the
  most ideal or the peak season for the tourists is
  essentially from the month of April to October.
  During this time of the year Tibet also receives
  rain.

Few of the most beautiful regions in Tibet are
the Shingatse, Lhasa, Shangri-La etc. Tibet
boasts of many mountain ranges which includes the
Himalayan mountain range border it to the south
and also the Mt. Everest which is the highest
peak in the world. It even has few of the oldest
and the largest monasteries in the world. The
Tibetan tourism has developed over the years and
has become a very popular tourism destination.
The typically Tibetan style buildings and the
Tibetan food is also favourites amongst the
Tourists. Different conducted tours arranges for
all the most exciting attractions in Tibet in a
safe and secured way. One can plan a customized
private tour or group Travel to Tibet depending
on own choices.
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Documents needed

• There are few official documents required for
  acquiring Tibet travel permits. Tibet is a
  Chinese province officially though operates
  autonomously and thus a valid Chinese Visa is
  required to acquire the Tibet travel permit.
  Since it is an autonomous region and is not as
  same as the other parts of the Mainland China,
  few more documents are required in order to
  travel to Tibet. The Tibet travel permits are not
  the same for all the places in Tibet and they
  vary from places with the Tibet. Special permits
  are required for those willing to visit the Mt.
  Everest camp or the Mt. Kailash. There are four
  main types of permits required for travelling to
  Tibet, they are the China Visa or the Tibet Group
  Visa, Tibet Travel Permit, Aliens Travel Permits
  and the Military Permits. It is necessary for
  every traveller to apply for the permits atleast
  15 days prior to the journey.

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• There are basically two types of Chinese Visas,
  the Alien Visa and the Group Visa. The alien
  visas which are marked with an L are given to
  the foreigners who come to Tibet for a short stay
  that is about 30 days and doesnt extend beyond
  90 days of stay. The Group Visa on the other hand
  is applicable to tourists who travel to Tibet in
  groups and these visas are issued on a separate
  paper instead of on the passports. For the
  tourists who will be entering Tibet from
  Kathmandu in Nepal requires to have the Visa
  issued from the Chinese embassy in Kathmandu no
  matter even if they already have a Chinese Visa.