Yunnan in Top 10 Destinations for 2009

Yunnan (Kunming, Dali, Lijiang, Zhongdian) was rated the 10 best travel destinations for 2009 in Lonely Planet's annual "Blue List" - its bible of hot destinations and must-see regions for 2009.

The Lonely Planet's guidebook wrote a giant chunk of Yunnan China, including spirit-recharging sunsets along the famed Tiger Leaping Gorge trek, sunrises atop the Yuanyang rice terraces, back-alley meanders in the time-warp towns of Lijiang and Dali, and the "last paradise" Shangri-La ...

Yunnan has so much to offer its visitors, an ultimate exotic getaway including not only dramatic landscapes but also ethnic minority culture and lifestyle unique to the rest of the world.