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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
http://www.plateautour.com
Dreams Travel
Phone: 28-8515-7151
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
http://www.china-travel.nl
Forbidden Frontier
Phone: 21-6471-8222
http://www.forbiddenfrontier.com
Gyaltang Travel
Phone: 887-822-3646
http://www.coloursofangsana.com/gyalthang
Khampa Caravan
Phone: 887-828-8648
http://www.khampacaravan.com
Wild China
Phone: 10-6465-6602
http://www.wildchina.com
Kathmandu
Wayfarers Himalaya Adventures
(+977 1) 426-6010/426-4851
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
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
http://www.peregrine.net.au
Canada
Everest Trekking
Phone: 604-731-7650
http://www.everesttrekking.com
France
Terres d’Aventure
Phone: 33-153-737773
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
http://www.royalmt.com.np
Summit Trekking
Phone: + 977 1 5521810/5524694
http://summittrekking.com/
Tibet Travels and Tours
Phone: +977 1 4249140
http://www.tibet-travels.com/
UK
KE Adventure Travel
Phone: 44-17687-73966
http://www.keadventure.com
Occidor Adventure Tours
Phone: 44-1243-582178
Steppes East, The Travel House
Phone: 44-1285651010
http://www.steppeseast.co.uk
Trans Himalaya
Phone: 44-1373-455518
http://www.trans-himalaya.com
USA
Boojum Expeditions
http://www.boojum.com
Geographic Expeditions
Phone: 415-922-0448
http://www.geoex.com
High Asia
Phone: 203-248-3003
http://www.highasia.com
Snow Lion Expeditions
Phone: 1-800-809-0034
http://www.snowlion.com
Wilderness Travels
Phone: 415-548-0420
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