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Shangri-La: where cranes dance with grace at dawn

Recent online pictures show black-necked cranes are wintering at the Napahai Lake nature reserve in northwest Yunnan’s Shangri-La City....

2018-12-06

A road trip across Tibet to Mount Everest in 2000

In 2000, Lhasa was a different city in many ways, compared to what it is today. High on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, it was much more isolated back then....

2018-12-03

Encounters on Yunnan-Tibet Highway near Mekong source

Our driving tour along the Yunnan-Tibet Highway section near the upstream of the Lancang-Mekong River was dramatic and full of unexpected encounters. ...

2018-11-30

Picturesque scenery long the Yunnan-Tibet road section in Diqing

With improved road conditions, an increasing number of driving tours pass through the high-altitude road, which used to be bumpy and nasty....

2018-11-28

Nujiang to hold international canoeing open

The 2018 Chinese Nujiang Wild-Water International Canoeing Open Competition will start from Dec. 12 to 17 in NuJiang Prefecture, Yunnan Province, according to a recent press conference in Beijing....

2018-11-23

Tourism industry promotes rural development in Tibet

Dadong Village is located at Liuwu New District of Lhasa, capital of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, about 18 kilometers from the downtown. ...

2018-11-19

Red-billed gulls fly to Kunming to live through winter

People feed red-billed gulls at Dianchi Lake in Kunming, capital of southwest China's Yunnan Province, Nov. 14, 2018. Red-billed gulls fly to Kunming for warmer weather to live through the winter....

2018-11-16

Airline opens Chengdu-Diqing-Lhasa route

Tibet Airlines officially opened the Chengdu-Diqing-Lhasa flight route on November 6. A319 planes are operated to carry out the two-way daily services, with flight numbers being TV9839 and TV9840....

2018-11-13

Shangri-La finalizes city flowers, city trees

The recent 14th meeting of the Standing Committee of the 2nd Shangri-La Municipal People's Congress chose two pairs of flowers and trees as signatures of the city....

2018-11-12

Enchanting autumn colors seen at Napahai Lake, Shangri-La

Recent online photos show the enchanting autumn natural sights and sun glow at the Napahai Lake in Shangri-La, Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture. ...

2018-11-08

Mekong visitors have a smart tour at Stone Forest in Kunming

Participants of the Second Seminar for Media Officials and Journalists from Mekong Countries experienced Yunnan’s smart tourism at the Stone Forest scenic area on November 1....

2018-11-02

Tourism forum held in Weixi County, consensus released

The Fifth Yunnan Tourism Seasons Forum was held from October 15 to 16 in Weixi County, northwest Yunnan's Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture. ...

2018-10-23

Diqing prefecture offers incentives to winter tourists

Diqing Tibetan autonomous prefecture in Yunnan province is introducing incentives to encourage visits by tourists this winter, its vice-governor, Wang Yuxiu, told a news conference in Beijing on Friday. ...

2018-10-15

Sight-seeing at Tiger Leaping Gorge between Lijiang, Diqing

The Tiger Leaping Gorge features towering peaks and deep valleys, as well as majestic and spectacular landscape. ...

2018-10-10

Bala village: Tourism development brings big changes in life

Surrounded by snow mountains, including the 5,545m Gezong peak, the village was cut off from outside world until 1970s, when a narrow pass was digged in the cliffs....

2018-09-11

In pics: Beautiful autumn scenery in Shangri-La

Pictures posted on xgll.com.cn show the multi-colored beautiful sceneries of autumn in Shangri-La, northwest Yunnan Diqing Prefecture. ...

2018-10-22

In pics: Sight-seeing boom at Potatso National Park

Photos taken on August 18 show tourists go sight-seeing at the Shudu Lake, an alpine grassland and the Bita Lake in the Potatso National Park, northwest Yunnan's Shangri-La City....

2018-09-11

In pics: Great Bend of the Jinsha River

The Jinsha River is the upper section of the Yangtze River, so named because of its abundant deposits of gold sand. Totally 2.316 km, Jinsha River stretches from Yushu of Qinghai in the west to Yibin of Sichuan in the east....

2018-09-11

 
 
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