Dear Travelers:
Thank you for visit YakHoliday.com. We would expect you to obtain a basic understanding of Tibet before visiting, and would like to ask you to keep an open mind and embrace the unique culture.
A Preparation before your trip.
Because of the special climate and high altitude of Tibet, those have the breathing system disease as asthma or heart attack are not suitable for Tibet travel. Because these disease are easily arise the plateau sickness and cause more serious result. If you plan to join a hard travel as trekking or overland in the remote land of Tibet, you need to inquire the doctor if your health condition is qualified.

And you also need to make out local temperatures and prepare enough closes for your trip. The temperature in Tibet differs greatly in day time and night, it might be a warm sun shinning day ten minutes ago and now raining hard.

Travel entrance permit, also called Tibet visa mistakenly, is required for foreigner to Tibet, which ensure you visit only Lhasa around, and if travel to some deeper area in Tibet, local travel permit is also required. Above travel permits can be obtained with help of travel agencies in Beijing, Chengdu, Xi’an and Shanghai.

B  Preventing Plateau sickness:
It is normal for people to feel a little bit unwell when they just arrive in Tibetan Plateau, but people can overcome it most of the time after hours rest. We suggest you prepare some useful medicine again plateau sickness before your trip. And when you feel the plateau is hard for you, you can use oxygen wares for help, or go to hospital immediately. Going to lower altitude place is the most useful way. When your plateau sickness is very serious, so we suggest you quit the tour in order to avoid the worst situation. You may loose some of highlights of the tour even money, but please remember, life is always more important than a trip and money.

Symptoms of Plateau Sickness: face looking pale or purple, tips looking purple or black; having Headache; spitting out, ears booming; breathing difficult.

Some useful ways of preventing plateau sickness:

1. Avoid hard movement when you just arrive in plateau.
2. Keep a peaceful mind, relax, and don’t be in high tension.
3. Avoid catching cold, so please take care to keep warm. Don’t put off coat casually although you are very hot, especially when you are hot. The coldness will charge you quietly without your sense. You can prepare some medicine according to your own health history.
4. Prepare some prophylaxis medicine to make you strong before you enter Tibet. Such as the pill or drink of sanguine prophylaxis, ginseng, etc, which could be bought both in Lijiang and Shangri-la .
5. Drink more water.
6. No drinking alcohol ,nor wine

7. No smoking.

 C. Ultraviolet Radiation proofing:

1. Strong sun shining and ultraviolet radiation exist in most of the Tibet plateau. Please prepare ultraviolet radiation proofing sunglasses and suntan oil in case your skin is burned.
2. It is quite dry in Plateau, so please drink more water; therefore a water shell is necessary. And a lip tip is also useful.

D Attention during travel:

1. Tibet is a part of China historically and realistically. Any of the hostile activities against Chinese policy on Tibet is not appreciated, and the worst may be handed over to the relating government department.
2. Friendly smile can gain friend ship. Respect the folklore and religion of Tibetan. Don’t make or comment them based on your opinion.
3. Avoid any dispute with local people. And before you bargain with locals, make sure you want to buy it.
4. Stay in your hotel in the evening, and if you do want to be out , please go with more people. Never to the dark street or small street out of the track.
5. Always keep important and valuable things with yourself.
6. The condition of Tibet could not be compared with your home. Living here has already been a miracle, so it can not be compared some to some.
7. Don’t give any money or gift to the beggars in order to show your generosity, because it may bring more to gather you and result in unpleasant things as voluble lost.
8. Protect the environment.

We wish you a wonderful time in Tibet.