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Tourist Offices

Tourism Bureaus

There is no unified tourism bureau for the Tibetan plateau as each region is administered by the individual provinces. These offices are often more organized for bureaucratic processes. Thus you may find more practical information from travel agencies or hotels.

Within the TAR:
Tibet Tourism Bureau (TTB)
Phone: 0891-34315

Eastern Tibet:
Gansu Provincial Tourism Bureau
Phone: 0931-8426847
Qinghai Provincial Tourism Bureau
Phone: 0971-6143711
Sichuan Provincial Tourism Bureau
Phone: 028-85527478
Yunnan Provincial Tourism Bureau
Phone: 0871-313289

Local Tour Operators and Tourism Offices

Chengdu

China Golden Bridge Travel Service
Phone: 28-8662-6052
external link: http://www.plateautour.com
Dreams Travel
Phone: 28-8515-7151
external link: http://www.dreams-travel.com/english
Khamtrek
Phone: 0086-28-865-10838
khamtrek@mail.sc.cninfo.net
or khamtrek@yahoo.com
Tibet Trans Himalaya Office
Phone: +86-28-82984421
info@trans-himalaya.com

China

China Minority Travel
external link: http://www.china-travel.nl
Forbidden Frontier Phone: 21-6471-8222
external link: http://www.forbiddenfrontier.com
Gyaltang Travel Phone: 887-822-3646
external link: http://www.coloursofangsana.com/gyalthang
Khampa Caravan
Phone: 887-828-8648
external link: http://www.khampacaravan.com
Wild China
Phone: 10-6465-6602
external link: http://www.wildchina.com

Kathmandu

Wayfarers Himalaya Adventures
(+977 1) 426-6010/426-4851
external link: http://www.wayfarers.com.np

Kunming

Yunnan Exploration and Amusement Travel
Phone: 0871-5312283

Lanzhou

Gansu Silk Road Travel
Phone: 0931-8414498

Lhasa

Windhorse Adventure (WHA)
Telephone: 0891-6833009
external link: http://www.windhorseadventure.com
wha@public.ls.xz.cn

International Tour Operators

There are a number of overseas operators that run various types of tours in the Tibetan region.

Australia

Peregrine Adventure
Phone: 3-9663-8611
external link: http://www.peregrine.net.au

Canada

Everest Trekking
Phone: 604-731-7650
external link: http://www.everesttrekking.com

France

Terres d’Aventure
Phone: 33-153-737773
external link: http://www.terdav.com

Hong Kong

Abercrombie & Kent
Phone: 852-28657818
China Travel Service
Phone: 852-7214481

Nepal

Adventure Travel Nepal Ltd.
Phone: +977 1 415995/223328
Royal Mountain Travel
Phone: +977 1 4215364/4215365
external link: http://www.royalmt.com.np
Summit Trekking
Phone: + 977 1 5521810/5524694
external link: http://summittrekking.com/
Tibet Travels and Tours
Phone: +977 1 4249140
external link: http://www.tibet-travels.com/

UK

KE Adventure Travel
Phone: 44-17687-73966
external link: http://www.keadventure.com
Occidor Adventure Tours
Phone: 44-1243-582178
Steppes East, The Travel House
Phone: 44-1285651010
external link: http://www.steppeseast.co.uk
Trans Himalaya
Phone: 44-1373-455518
external link: http://www.trans-himalaya.com

USA

Boojum Expeditions
external link: http://www.boojum.com
Geographic Expeditions
Phone: 415-922-0448
external link: http://www.geoex.com
High Asia
Phone: 203-248-3003
external link: http://www.highasia.com
Snow Lion Expeditions
Phone: 1-800-809-0034
external link: http://www.snowlion.com
Wilderness Travels
Phone: 415-548-0420

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