On the ground
Shangri-La: A Name That Built an Industry Diqing Prefecture, Yunnan — Total visitor arrivals (millions) Total visitors (confirmed) Trend projection Data note: All figures are from official Diqing Bureau of Statistics and Diqing Culture & Tourism Bureau records. The series begins at 2002 — this is the earliest year in the Diqing
On the ground
Pu'er, Dianhong, Green... Yunnan is tea country. The dark, earthy brick that sits quietly in specialty shops in London and Melbourne began life here, in the folds of southwest China — where the air itself feels faintly medicinal, and where the ground beneath your feet has been shaped by
On the ground
💡Long before it appeared on the itineraries of travellers, digital nomads, and curiosity hunters, Dali was the seat of an independent Buddhist kingdom, shaped by its own worldview and its own philosophy of power. Its legacy can still be read in the landscape today. The Three Pagodas rise just north