China Yunnan Tour Function

中国云南旅游推介会

Date: September 15, 2006, 3 to 5 pm

Location: Hilton New York，1335 Avenue of the Americas, New York, United States 10019

You are cordially invited to: China Yunnan Tour Function

Hosted by:
The People’s Government of Yunnan Province
Yunnan Provincial Tourism Administration

Contents:

- Theme Speech, addressed by vice governor of The People’s Government of Yunnan Province
- The presentation of selected tour routes of Yunnan, presented by Yunnan Provincial Tourism Administration
- Tea break and free communication

Tel: +1-212-586-7000 Fax: +1-212-315-1374

七彩云南 旅游天堂

云南省地处中国西南部，位于著名的东方国际河流澜沧江—湄公河中游，边境线长4061千米，与越南、老挝、缅甸接壤，和泰国、柬埔寨、印度、孟加拉等国毗邻，是中国通往东南亚、南亚的重要陆地通道。云南省面积39.4万平方千米，平均海拔2500米—3000米，辖16个州市，人口4400万，有25个少数民族，是中国少数民族种类最多的省份。

云南是中国旅游资源最富集的省份之一，悠久的历史和浓郁的少数民族风情造就了绚丽多彩的民族文化。其自然景观神奇多样，特殊的地形地貌呈现出类型多样、立体分布的气候特点，囊括了中国南北方各种气候类型。以昆明为代表的海拔1800米—2000米的地区冬无严寒、夏无酷暑，年均气温15℃，形成了四季如春的气候，众多的高原湖泊和良好的生态环境构成了独特的旅游资源，是夏无酷暑、冬无严寒的休闲度假胜地。

在云南这片神奇的土地上，北有雄伟壮丽的雪山冰川；南有广袤的热带雨林和珍稀动植物；西有蜿蜒奔腾的“三江并流”奇观；东有壮观的喀斯特岩溶地貌；中有众多的高原湖泊和四季如春的旅游名城—昆明。经过多年的建设，云南省已形成了六大精品旅游区，即滇中“大昆明国际旅游区”、滇西北“香格里拉生态旅游区”，滇西南“澜沧江—湄公河国际旅游区”，滇西“火山热海边境旅游区”、滇东南“喀斯特山水文化旅游区”，滇东北“红土高原旅游区”。

云南交通便捷，有全国第五大机场—昆明国际机场。云南省内有到香格里拉、大理、丽江、西双版纳等9条航线；省外有到北京、上海、广州、香港、澳门等60多个大中城市的航线；还有到仰光、万象、曼谷、新加坡、吉隆坡、胡志明市、河内、汉城、日本大板、柬埔寨等近20条国际航线。这里有贵昆铁路、成昆铁路、南昆铁路、昆河铁路以及石安路、楚大路、大丽路、昆玉路、昆曲路等高速公路，铁路公路四通八达、纵贯全境。昆明至曼谷、缅甸腊戌和越南河内的高速公路及连接云南与中南半岛各国的“泛亚”铁路也正在修建之中。根据中、老、缅、泰四国签署的“澜—湄商船通航协定”，四国商船已经可以在云南的思茅港至老挝的琅勃拉邦港间的900千米的航道上自由航行，可在四国沿岸的14个港口和码头停泊。

七彩云南，旅游天堂。热情好客的云南各族人民，热忱欢迎海内外朋友到云南旅游。这里有看不完的美景，听不完的故事，探不完的神奇。你会惊叹：没到云南，向往云南；来到云南，迷恋云南。神奇美丽的云南，将为你展现一个异彩纷呈的快乐世界，使你感受到全新的旅游体验。

COLORFUL YUNNAN: THE TOURISTS’ PARADISE

Yunnan in southwest China is located in the middle reaches of the renowned Lancang-Mekong River that enjoys the fame of “Oriental Danube”. Having 4,060 kilometers of China’s national boundary, Yunnan borders on Vietnam, Laos and Myanmar, and is in close vicinity of Thailand, Cambodia, India and Bangladesh. Therefore, Yunnan is China’s important gateway to Southeast and South Asia. Yunnan measures 394,000 km2, and average elevation of the Province ranges between 2,500 – 3,000 meters. Under the Province are 16 prefectures and municipalities, and population of the Province has added up to 43 million. Its 25 ethnic minority groups have made Yunnan China’s only Province with the greatest number of minority groups.

One of China’s provinces with the richest tourism resources, Yunnan’s long-standing history and intense minority folk customs have jointly nurtured eye-dazzling ethnic cultures. Apart from the mysterious and diversified natural scenery, Yunnan’s specialized landforms also created multiple-pattern and elevation-dependent climatic features that include almost all the climatic patterns of North and South Chinese regions. Represented by Kunming, most Yunnan areas at elevation of 1,800 – 2,000 meters enjoy annual mean temperature of 15 C, and those areas never have freezing winters or scorching summers thanks to the spring-like weather all the year round. The countless highland lakes and ideal ecological environment have formed Yunnan’s unique tourism resources, making the Province an eternally spring-like tourist attraction for vacationers and holidaymakers.

On this miraculous piece of land, there are magnificent snow mountains and glaciers in the north; vast expanse of tropical rain forests in the south that are homes of precious and rare fauna and flora species; the meandering and roaring “Three Parallel Rivers” in the west; and the spectacular karst landform in the east; whereas in Central Yunnan are numerous highland lakes and the famous tourism city Kunming that boasts eternally spring-like climate. Through years of development, Yunnan has established the following 6 major tourism zones: the Central Yunnan “Greater Kunming International Tourism Zone”; the Northwest Yunnan “Shangri-la Eco-tourism Zone”; the Southwest Yunnan “Lancang-Mekong River International Tourism Zone”; the West Yunnan “Volcanic, Geothermal and Border Tourism Zone”; the Southeast Yunnan “Karst Landscape Culture Tourism Zone”; and the Northeast Yunnan “Red-soil Highland Tourism Zone”.

Yunnan boasts convenient transportation facilities, and Kunming International Airport ranks the 5th largest air harbors of China. Within the Province are 9 in-province air routes to reach destinations including the Shangri-la County, Dali, Lijiang and Xishuangbanna; whereas the inter-province air routes serving Yunnan have provided direct links with 60-plus large or intermediate domestic cities such as Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Hong Kong and Macao. Moreover, there are about 20 international air routes between Kunming and destinations such as Yangon, Vientiane, Bangkok, Singapore, the Ho Chi Minh City, Hanoi, Seoul, Osaka, Maldives and Cambodia. Yunnan has railways and highways that crisscross all Yunnan areas. In terms of railroads, Yunnan has the Guiyang-Kunming, Chengdu-Kunming, Nanning-Kunming and Kunming-Hekou railways, and among its highways are the Shilin-Anning, Chuxiong-Dali, Dali-Lijiang, Kunming-Yuxi and Kunming-Qujing expressways. In addition, Yunnan is constructing expressways to link Kunming with Bangkok of Thailand, Lashio of Myanmar and Hanoi of Vietnam, as well as the Yunnan section of the Pan-Asia Railway for accessing countries on the Indochina Peninsula. In accordance with the “Agreement on Navigation on the Lancang-Mekong River” jointly signed by China, Laos, Myanmar and Thailand, commercial fleets are now shuttling the 900-kilometer river route between Simao of Yunnan and Louangphrabang of Laos, and ships may freely anchor at 14 harbors or docks of the 4 countries.

The colorful Yunnan is indeed the tourists’ paradise. The warm-hearted and hospitable Yunnan people of different ethnic groups cordially welcome all domestic and overseas friends to tour the land, where there are countless scenic wonders to feast their eyes, incalculable tales for them to hear, and inexhaustible mysteries for them to explore. They are sure to fulfill their long-cherished dreams, and fall in love with Yunnan.

The mysterious and beautiful Yunnan will unfold before visitors the panorama of colorful scenic wonders and enjoyments, and offer them brand-new tourism experiences.