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Unique tourism resources, delicacies lure visitors
By Sheng Bian (China Daily)
Updated: 2006-10-30 10:48
As a supplement to the Nanning International Folk Song Arts Festival, the
Nanning-Southeast Asia International Tourism and Delicacy Festival has become an
annual event since 2000.
The event has been playing its role in the
promotion of Nanning's tourism resources and delicacies.
The following is
a brief introduction to Nanning, China's "Green City."
Capital of the
Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region in SouthChina, Nanning is an important pivotal
city and frontier city for bilateral communications between China and
ASEAN.
Nanning enjoys unique geographical advantages, being at the juncture
of three economic circles of South China, Southwest China and
ASEAN.
Nanning has under its jurisdiction six counties, six districts as
well as six State-level and provincial level development zones.
With a
population of 6.50 million, Nanning covers a total area of 22,112 square
kilometres.
Located to the south of the tropic of cancer, Nanning belongs
to the subtropical monsoon zone, with rich sunshine and rainfall, as well as a
mild climate.
The beautiful living environment, advantageous natural
conditions, and high forest coverage rate has earned Nanning a nickname of
"China's Green City."
Nanning boasts abundant resources of water,
minerals, agricultural products and by-products, animals and plants, forestry,
Chinese herbal medicines and tourism.
Forty-one minerals including
manganese, zinc, lead, gold, silver, coal and granite have been detected in
Nanning.
A wide range of agricultural products and by-products including
rice, sugar cane, corn, peanuts, tea, jasmine and Chinese chestnuts, as well as
40-odd subtropical fruits including bananas, pineapples, oranges and tangerines,
mangos, lichees, longan and watermelon are also grown in Nanning.
Top
scenic attractions in Nanning include Qingxiu Mountain, one of China's "AAAA"
tourism zones; Daming Mountain, with an average height of 1,200 metres above sea
level and an average temperature of 16 degrees Celsius; the ancient town of
Yangmei, 30 kilometres away from downtown Nanning by water; Liangfengjiang
National Forest Park; Yiling Rock in Wuming, which boasts typical karst
water-eroded caves nicknamed "underground palace;" Longhushan (mountain of
dragons and tigers) Nature Protected Zone, which is one of the nation's four
monkey mountains and has about 3,000 monkeys of eight breeds; and the Jiulong
(nine dragons) Waterfall Group Forest Park in Hengxian County, which has over 20
waterfalls.
Bailong Park, Guangxi Museum and Nanhu Park are also worth
visiting.
And the Yiling Caves, which are about 25 kilometres northwest
of the city has some of the largest and finest caves in Guangxi; the Village of
Wuming, 45 kilometres from the city. (For more biz stories, please visit Industry Updates)
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