Dali Tourist
Street
Dali
Tourist Street lies in Dali Ancient City. It was used
to be called Huguo (means protect the country in Chinese)
Street, signifying the event that Yunnan People, uprising
with arms, fought against Yuan Shikai who claimed himself
emperor. Huguo Street is 1000 meters long from the east
end to the west. It is seven meters wide, paved with
dark gray slates. It starts from Tibetan-Yunnan road
from the west side, crisscrossing with Bo Ai Street
and Fuxin Street. With development of Dali tourism,
tourist number has been greatly increased. Some come
for having fun, some for enjoying food, some for finding
a job, some for looking for beloved one. Every has his/her
own purpose. On the two sides of the streets, one can
find restaurants of Chinese or Western food, famous
tea houses, jewelry shops, antique shops, tie-dyeing
cloth shops, galleries and so on. There are so many
products that one is not able to see them all. And so
the street becomes Dali Tourist Street famous home and
abroad.
In
recent years, with development of tourism, over forty
thousand foreign tourists come to Dali every year. They
usually lodge in Dali Tourist Street , now even expanding
their activities to Bo AI Street, Fuxin Street, Dali
Ancient City, Xizhou, Zhoucheng, Xiaguan, Jizu Mountain,
Weibao Mountain and the other tourist interesting spots
in the whole prefecture. Besides Red Camellia Hotel
(The Second Municipal Government Hotel), lodging service
for foreign tourists is also provided by Asian Star
Hotel, Golden Flower Hotel, Dali Hotel, Yu An Hotel
and Mekong River Cultural & Art Center.
Now, Huguo Street already becomes
Dali Tourist Street in foreign tourist map. By
this fact, we know that Dali Tourist Street is
famous around the world. It becomes a place longing
to be visited by foreign tourists, a sweet home
on their journey in China.
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