Does traveling to Tibet count as leaving the country? Do you need to bring your passport?

Traveling to Tibet does not count as leaving the country, and you don't need a passport.

Tibet is an inalienable part of China. Since the Yuan Dynasty, the central government has been exercising effective jurisdiction over Tibet. People in Xizang is an important member of the Chinese nation.

Tibet was called "Tubo" in the Tang and Song Dynasties, "Uszang" in the Yuan and Ming Dynasties and "Tanggut" and "Tubo" in the Qing Dynasty. It has been called "Tibet" since the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty.

1951May 23rd, Tibet was peacefully liberated. 1959 After the rebellion in Tibet was put down, the central government began to exercise comprehensive and direct jurisdiction over Tibet.

On September 9th, 1965, Xizang Autonomous Region was formally established.

There are many places of interest in Tibet. There are 25 1 cultural relics protection units at all levels in the whole region, including 27 national key cultural relics protection units, 55 autonomous regional key cultural relics protection units and 169 prefecture (city) and county-level cultural relics protection units.

Xizang Autonomous Region is located in the southwest of People's Republic of China (PRC), with a land span of 26 50' ~ 36 53' north latitude and 78 25' ~ 99 06' east longitude, with an area of1.2026,5438+08900 square kilometers, accounting for about 1/8 of the total land area of China. It borders Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region and Qinghai Province in the north, and Yunnan Province and Sichuan Province in the east and southeast. The south and west are adjacent to Myanmar, India, Bhutan, Nepal and Kashmir respectively from east to west, and the border line is about 3842 kilometers long.

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