More than 40 million tourists from home and abroad visited southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region in 2019, up 19 per cent year on year, according to local authorities. In 2019, tourism revenue rose to 56 billion yuan (7.9 billion US dollars), Qizhala, chairman of the regional government, said in his government work report delivered on January 7, 2020 at the third session of the 11th People's Congress of Tibet Autonomous Region.