Featuring marvelous soil forest landform and splendid Guge culture, the ruins of Ngari's Guge kingdom have become a must-visit destination in Tibet for those tourist explorers, photo from CTIC.

Tibet plans to allocate an extra 80 million yuan (11.71 million U.S. dollars) to renovate the relics of the ancient Guge Kingdom in Zanda County, Ngari Prefecture, according to the County Government.

The Guge Kingdom was formed in 10 A.D. when ancient Tibet's Tubo Kingdom was encountering an internal rift. In the following centuries, the Guge Kingdom on the western Tibet Plateau was strengthened and created a unique Guge civilization, making significant achievements in architectures, paintings and metalwork.

Featuring marvelous soil forest landform and splendid Guge culture, the ruins of Ngari's Guge kingdom have become a must-visit destination in Tibet for those tourist explorers.

The cultural site greeted 3,439 visitors in the first ten months of this year, demonstrating a growth momentum in tourism development.

Photo shows a fesco in the ruins of the Guge Kingdom, Zanda County, western Tibet's Ngari Prefecture, photo from CTIC.

Chen Xiong, a self-driver from Sichuan Province, could not hold his excitement on reaching the relics: "It was worthwhile though I drove here with a great effort. The frescoes, sculptures in the ruins and buildings on soil forests remind me of the kingdom's prime time."

Lu Yu, a leading official of the County Government, said the access to expedition tour of the kingdom's ruins and the scenic route of the Zanda National Soil Forest Geographic Park will improve greatly with the completion of construction of the Ngari Airport, the linkup to the No. 219 National Route and asphalt roads connecting the county to other parts of Tibet.

The county is now focusing on the tourist brand of the Guge Kingdom to develop special programs, such as wildness ventures, ecological tourism and scientific surveys, Lu added. 　

The soil forests are considered a unique landform in Zanda County, Ngari Prefecture, western Tibet, photo from CTIC.