The Qinghai-Tibet railroad runs by Qinghai Lake, Kukushiri, Sanjiangyuan, Nam Co, Jokhang Temple and Potala Palace and other famous attractions. These world class locations are like pearls embedded along the Qinghai-Tibet plateau, and now because of extensions of the Qinghai-Tibet railroad they are all linked up.

Because of the Qinghai-Tibet railroad, local Tibetans who used to make a living by pasturing have changed their mind and created other sources of income through tourism. Information from the Tibet Autonomous Region Tourist Bureau indicates that in 2015 there were more than 100,000 Tibetans amongst others engaged in tourist services in Tibet that are from pastoralist backgrounds and their annual incomes are now surpassing 10,000 RMB.