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| July 6, 2012 | China to build $4.7 billion culture and tourism park in Tibet | | Lhasa: The government of Lhasa, capital of China's Tibet autonomous region, will invest 30 billion yuan (4.7 billion US dollars) to build a massive culture and tourism park in the next
three to five years. The park, with a planned area of 800 hectares, will be located at a village 2
km from downtown Lhasa, Ma Xinming, deputy mayor of Lhasa city, told a press briefing on
Friday. It will improve Tibet's tourism credentials and be a landmark
of its cultural industry, said Ma. The park will include attractions themed around
Princess Wencheng, daughter of Emperor Li Shimin of the prosperous Tang Dynasty
(618-907 A.D.), who married Tibetan King Songtsan Gambo when she was 16. The
princess,
along with a dowry consisting of numerous treasures, books, golden furniture and
medical equipment, traveled 3,000 km to her new home. Visitors will be offered
regular Wencheng-based outdoor performances and other educational and entertainment
facilities tracing the footsteps of the princess in Tibet . The culture and tourism
park will also include an " Art City ," home to displays of Tibetan handicrafts
and medicine, and a " Folk City ," where tourists can get a taste of local life
and buy folk goods. Cultural innovation, business and residential districts will
also be incorporated into the project.
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