Pu’er speeds up integration into grand tourist route

As an essential part of the grand tourist ring route in west Yunnan province, Pu’er City has strung the scenic areas, heritage sites and border sights within its jurisdiction. On the basis of its beautiful eco-environment and rich tourist resources, the city aims to contribute to the “holistic and all-for-one” initiative for Yunnan tourism development.

Focusing on expressways, airports and railways, Pu’er supplied enough land and funds to construction of the communications network. As the network keeps developing, the key scenic areas and sights are increasingly linked up like beads on a beautiful necklace.

In its efforts to be the most beautiful city in Yunnan, Pu’er speeded up construction of the Banshan hotel and scenic spots. By the end of this year, the Shenzhen-based international hotel will have opened 13 branches in the city, which will be home to 18 A-level areas for sightseeing.

Rested on the “Go-Yunnan” tourist App, the city will improve its tourist services in check-ins, tour guide, complaints, shopping refund and customized tour packages. Locations of the toilets, parking lots and charging points will be timely marked. On the “Go-Yunnan” App, the Pu’er section makes up 18% of the specialties of the province, the Pu’er tea and coffee rank first in amounts among their peers in Yunnan.

In addition, Pu’er City has further cooperated with its neighboring localities, signing tourism cooperation agreements with Kunming, Dali, Lijiang, Dehong and others. These places will share tourism resources, tourist information and complement each other, so as to jointly build up their tourist brands. It joined hands with Honghe, Xishuangbanna and Lincang, all members of the grand Yunnan tourist ring, in creating an online tourist sales and services network in south Yunnan. To expand the friend circle in the air, the city’s airports of Simao and Jingmai have launched over 10 intra-provincial air routes to the surrounding cities and prefectures.

Source: Yunnan Tourism and Culture Times; Online photos; Trans-editing by Wang Shixue