是條經(jīng)濟(jì)貿(mào)易的黃金水道,地理優(yōu)勢(shì)、自然優(yōu)勢(shì)得天獨(dú)厚.
西雙版納有橡膠、茶葉、甘蔗、香料、南藥、熱帶水果等具有本地特色的產(chǎn)品,旅游資源更富有特色,令人陶醉,目前,已開辟了西雙版納原始森林公園、野象谷、植物園、熱帶雨林奇觀、民族旅游村等景點(diǎn)120多個(gè),被國(guó)務(wù)院落列為我國(guó)旅游資源特別豐富的三個(gè)重點(diǎn)旅游開發(fā)區(qū)之一,是國(guó)家首批重點(diǎn)風(fēng)景名勝區(qū)之一.現(xiàn)已與老、緬、泰等國(guó)開通了邊境旅游,并即將開通國(guó)際航班.西雙版納將成為與東南亞旅游市場(chǎng)接軌的中心樞紐.
Xishuangbanna is the southernmost prefecture of Yunnan Province.The prefecture is nicknamed "Aerial Garden" for its luxuriant and multi-layered primitive woods and tropical rain forests,which are teeming with animals and plants.
Renowned as a huge natural zoo,Xishuangbanna's rain forest and monsoon jungles provide a habitat for nearly 1000 species of animals.Within thick and boundless forests wild elephants and wild oxen ramble about,with peacocks in their pride,gibbons at play,and hornbills whispering.
Thirteen species of wild life enjoy state protection,including loris,the gibbons,the red-necked cranes,the brown-neck horn-bills,and the green peacocks,which to the Dai people are a symbol of peace,happiness and good fortune and whose graceful postures can put professional dancers to shame.The region has 5,000 kinds of plants or about one-sixth of the total in China.This has earned it the renown and sobriquet "The moonstone on the Crown of the Kingdom of Plants".
Among these are such fascinating ones as the "color-changing flower" whose colors change three times daily and the "dancing herb" whose leaves rotate gently.Then there is "mysterious fruit" which reverse tastes,turning sour to sweet.
Species of trees that go back a million years are still propagating themselves.The "King of Tea Trees ,"which authorities say is at least 800 years old,continues to sprout,adding extraordinary splendor to the homeland of the famous Pu'er tea.In Xishuangbanna,there is a saying:"Even a single tree can make a forest and an old stalk can blossom and beat fruit ."