Number of B&Bs in Lijiang in 2016

As of the end of September 2016, the number of homestays in Lijiang in 2016 was 2,971.

Maidian.com reported on September 26, 2016 that according to statistics from the Maidian Tourism Academy (MTA), among the 31 provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions in the country (excluding Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan), Yunnan has the largest number of inns and B&Bs. There are 5,811 companies in the province. In terms of a single city, Lijiang has the largest number of inns and B&Bs, with 2,971.

One characteristic of the development of inns and B&Bs is that they are mainly concentrated in the Yangtze River Delta, northwest Yunnan, Zhejiang, Fujian and Guangdong. The inns and B&Bs in these areas have formed their own characteristics and become a unique feature of the local tourism industry. business card.

Lijiang, a prefecture-level city in Yunnan Province, is located in the northwest of Yunnan Province, at the junction of the three provinces of Yunnan, Sichuan and Tibet. It was an important passage for the ancient "Southern Silk Road" and the "Ancient Tea Horse Road". Lijiang City is located in the transition zone from the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau to the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau, in the Yunnan-Sichuan-Tibet Triangle, in the middle reaches of the Jinsha River, and in the northwest of Yunnan Province. It borders Panzhihua City in Sichuan Province and Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture in the east and northeast, and borders Jianchuan and Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture in the south. Heqing and Binchuan counties and Dayao and Yongren counties in Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture are connected or face each other across the river. They are bordered by Lanping County of Nujiang Lisu Autonomous Prefecture and Weixi County of Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture to the west, and Shangri-La, Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture to the northwest. The city faces each other across the Jinsha River. Lijiang City is located at the junction of the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau and the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. The terrain is high in the northwest and low in the southeast.

Lijiang City covers an area of ??20,600 square kilometers. Lijiang City governs 1 district and 4 counties (Gucheng District, Yulong Naxi Autonomous County, Yongsheng County, Huaping County, and Ninglang Yi Autonomous County). It has 9 streets, 25 towns, and 32 townships (including 15 ethnic groups). Township). Lijiang is a place where many ethnic groups live together. In addition to the Han people, there are 11 ethnic minorities and 22 ethnic minorities who have lived in Lijiang for generations. In 2020, the city's permanent population was 1.2539 million.

Based on its advantageous and characteristic resources, Lijiang City builds tourism pillar industries to drive economic and social development. Lijiang is a famous tourist city with 104 tourist attractions and three world heritage sites: the World Cultural Heritage Lijiang Old Town, the World Natural Heritage Three Parallel Rivers, and the World Memory Heritage Naxi Dongba Ancient Books and Documents. The area has unique Danxia landforms, dense virgin forests, and rich and unspoiled animal and plant communities. Lijiang is rich in water conservancy resources and has a wide variety of animals and plants. It is a key forest area in Yunnan Province, one of China's west-to-east hydropower transmission bases, and one of the country's famous animal and plant protection bases.