As one of a few provincial-level planning projects, it involves a land utilization of 1.2 million square kilometers and is the largest macro-strategy planning the Tsinghua Tongheng Planning & Design Institute Co Ltd has ever done.

The planning was mainly mapped out by the Tsinghua Tongheng Planning & Design Institute Co Ltd by cooperating with the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, the China Tourism Academy and the Tibetan Academy of Social Sciences. The planning is based on the notion that tourism should be the pillar industry of the Tibet autonomous region to make the region prosperous and stable.

It is recognized as a guide to Tibet's economic and social development for its in-depth analysis and research of Tibet's tourism industry both tactically and strategically.