-This article is reproduced from the public account: Sichuan-Tibet Line Channel 1-
Now that Tibet has entered the peak tourist season, many team members have received inquiries about going to Mount Everest. Today, the editor will focus on telling you the latest situation of the Mount Everest scenic spot~
In February of this year, there was a lot of news on the Internet that “Mount Everest is permanently closed”. Many people may understand that Mount Everest is closed, that is, they cannot go to Mount Everest?
Ciou, director of the Tingri County Management Branch of Mount Everest National Nature Reserve, first denied this statement. Ciou said in an interview with Voice of China: “There is no concept of ‘indefinite shutdown’ on Mount Everest, it is just tourists. The range of activities was withdrawn to the experimental area of the Everest Nature Reserve.
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Here I will give you a popular science about “Everest Base Camp”.
From April to October every year, people in the township closest to Mount Everest—Tashi Zong Township, Tingri County, will set up black tents for accommodation at the foot of Mount Everest, build a base camp for tourists, and provide board and lodging services for tourists.
There is a 5,200-meter altitude monument near the base camp, which is the closest place for ordinary tourists to watch Mount Everest.
According to the official website of the People’s Government of the Tibet Autonomous Region, since 2018, the autonomous region has organized the removal of 8.4 tons of garbage in the Mount Everest Reserve at an altitude of 5,200 meters. This data can’t help but make people chill.
In this regard, Gesang, deputy director of the Mount Everest Reserve Administration, said that from 2019, the tourist base camp will be withdrawn to the Rongbuk Monastery area.
“Because the area above Rongbuk Monastery is the core area of the Mount Everest Reserve.” Gesang said, according to the “Regulations of the People’s Republic of China on Nature Reserves”, the nature reserve is divided into core areas, buffer zones and experimental areas. The “Regulations” stated: “The core area is prohibited from entering by any unit or individual; unless it is approved in accordance with the provisions of Article 27 of these regulations, it is also not allowed to enter to engage in scientific research activities.”
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According to the relevant person in charge, the descent distance from the base camp of Mt. Everest to Rongbuk Monastery is only about 2 kilometers, which does not affect tourists’ viewing of Mt. Everest. The new tourist base camp area can also clearly see the mountains and peaks. Some tourists said: “Seeing Mount Everest from here is even more spectacular and shocking.”
The Everest Protected Area Administration has set up a notice board in front of the temple that prohibits entering the core area, and the red arrow warning signs indicating the direction of the core area are arranged in rows to inform tourists not to proceed further. The Everest Border Police Station of the Shigatse Border Management Detachment also arranged for police officers to patrol the border of the core area, and reminded tourists to travel in a civilized manner and not to throw away garbage.
by Sun Fei from Xinhua News Agency
After the readjustment of the functional division of the Mount Everest Reserve, the Mount Everest Elevation Measurement Monument marked “8844.43 meters above sea level” has been moved to the Rongbuk Monastery area, where tourists can take group photos. Viewing Mount Everest from here is very spectacular, beyond imagination.
by Sun Fei from Xinhua News Agency
At present, tent hotels run by local farmers and herdsmen in Zhaxi Zongxiang, Dingri County, where Mount Everest is located, are also open to welcome guests. In addition, tourists can also choose to stay in family hotels in the villages of Tashi Zongxiang or in the county seat of Tingri County.
So it’s not that Everest is closed! Basecamp is closed! ——It’s just that after withdrawing to the Rongbuk Monastery after the Everest Base Camp, you can still watch Mount Everest!
In order to further balance the needs of tourism development and environmental protection in the Mt. Everest region, the Mt. Everest Scenic Area has started trial operation of clean energy and environmentally friendly buses since May this year.
The environmental protection bus station is located 79 kilometers away from the north gate of Mount Everest Scenic Area, nearly 20 kilometers away from the tourist base camp of Mount Everest. After the tourist bus or self-driving vehicle arrives there, all tourists need to transfer to a 29-seater environmentally friendly bus and continue to the tourist base camp. On the return journey, you also need to take an environmentally friendly bus to return to the transfer point.
All vehicles use electric energy when driving. In order to control the exhaust pollution caused by fuel-powered vehicles, it is convenient to collect garbage generated by tourists uniformly, and to reduce the impact of irregular driving of self-driving vehicles and airdropping of garbage by passengers on the environment of Mount Everest.
/Xinhua News Agency
At present, a total of 13 environmentally friendly buses have been put into use, equipped with oxygen supply facilities. In order to facilitate tourists to take pictures of the sunrise and sunset of Mount Everest in the base camp, the first bus departs at around 7 o’clock every day, and the last return bus departs from the tourist base camp at around 9 o’clock in the evening; generally, one bus is dispatched every 10 minutes to reduce tourists’ waiting Time; tourists can contact the transfer office at any time if they have special needs.
In the eco-car transfer area, in addition to the tourist parking area and the eco-bus transfer area, the management department has also set up a medical emergency area. In order to alleviate the high reaction, tourists can rest on the bed in the tent with oxygen inhalation.
About Mount Everest Scenic Area Environmental Sightseeing Vehicle
Line: self-driving vehicle parking point – Rongbuk Temple, 20 kilometers one way, 40 kilometers round trip.
Ticket price: 120 yuan/person (including round-trip price)
At present, the vehicle cannot directly drive to the base camp. It can only stop at 79km and take a sightseeing car to the base camp 20km away. Of course, you can also choose to go up.
The current charge for entering Mount Everest: self-driving 400 yuan/car (only includes the driver’s ticket fee + 100 yuan for a wheel), 160 yuan for tickets, and 120 yuan for sightseeing cars.
1. In order to better protect the ecological environment of Mount Everest Scenic Area, improve service quality, and promote the healthy development of scenic spots and tourism, the Everest Environmental Protection Sightseeing car charging standard, after approval by the Development and Reform Commission of the Tibet Autonomous Region, the Mount Everest Scenic Area will charge 120 yuan per person for the environmentally friendly sightseeing bus from the Qu Zongxuan Classroom Tourist Service Center to the Rongbuk Temple (40 kilometers round trip). This standard has been implemented since 2019 It will be implemented on May 1, and the trial period will be one year.
2. Ticket prices for scenic spots have not changed. Sightseeing bus rides are based on the principle of voluntary tourists, and should not be bundled with scenic spot tickets to protect tourists’ right to know and right to choose.
3. Strictly implement the provisions of the clear price and fee announcement system, set up a clear price notice board in a prominent place in the business place, and do a good job in publicizing and explaining the charging policy, and actively accept consumer and social supervision.
Everyone has a dream of Mount Everest that has been in their hearts for many years. But if you want to enter Mount Everest, you must apply for a border defense certificate. Without a border defense card, you cannot enter the Mount Everest scenic spot.
Tingri County, where Mount Everest Base Camp belongs, belongs to the border area of my country. To enter this area, you need to apply for a border defense certificate. It is recommended to apply for it in advance to avoid a waste of a day when you arrive in Lhasa.
1. Border defense certificate processing
When handling at the place where the account is located, you need to provide your original ID card, and some places even require you to provide the account book or go to the police station to issue a certificate of no bad records. In addition, there is no fee for applying for a border defense certificate at the place of household registration.
The process of handling in the Lhasa Frontier Defense Corps is: first find a travel agency to issue a letter of introduction, then take this letter of introduction and your original ID card to the Lhasa Public Security Bureau to apply for a letter of introduction for a border defense certificate, and then go to the Armed Police Frontier Guard Corps, There is a small room next to the gate of the Frontier Defense Corps for border defense certificates. The fee is 8 yuan, and a deposit of 30 yuan is required. The deposit is refundable within the specified time.
2. Frontier Inspection
There are 3~4 checkpoints along the way from Shigatse to Mount Everest Base Camp. Among them, there are two checkpoints in Tingri County and Tingri County to Mount Everest Base Camp. You need a border defense card and ID card to enter. If you don’t have a border defense card, you can only return. up.
about traffic
Starting from Lhasa, head towards the place closest to the sky in Tibet.
There is no direct shuttle bus to Mount Everest. You can only charter a car, rent a car, carpool or drive there. Of course, you can also get there by riding or hiking. It is strongly recommended to go by off-road vehicle, or bring all the tools on the road.
about clothing
Going to Mount Everest in summer, the temperature difference between morning and evening is large, you need to bring down jackets, fleece hats, warm long johns, assault underwear, etc. Waterproof high-top hiking shoes or hiking shoes are recommended for shoes.
Share a beautiful time-lapse photography of Mount Everest with you
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