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Ethnic Tourism and Entrepreneurship: Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, China

Tourism Geographies, 2008
Abstract Entrepreneurship is crucial to tourism development. However, only limited attention has been paid to entrepreneurship in tourism and virtually no academic attention has been paid to entrepreneurship in ethnic tourism development. This research employs observation and interviews to examine the role of entrepreneurs and their perceptions of ...
Geoffrey Wall
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Investigation of Paris genus resources in Xishuangbanna

China Journal of Chinese Materia Medica, 2010
To explore the species, distributing and resource of Paris genus plants in Xishuangbanna area of Yunnan province.Two steps, talking with the folk doctors and field survey, were employed to explore the resource status of Paris plants. Twenty six villages and towns, which are at an elevation of 500 m to 2000 m, were investigated.A total of 214 specimens ...
Lixia, Zhang, Jianjun, Qi, Haitao, Li, Bao, Shu, Tingzhou, Zhao, Xuelan, Li   +5 more
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China's Water Diplomacy: Xishuangbanna Case Study

Politické vedy, 2023
Xishuangbanna presents one of eight China's Autonomous Prefectures in Yunnan Province and an important trans-Asian hub at the Myanmar-Laos borders. Apart from rich ethnic diversity and a well-preserved tropical ecosystem, it is also the only place from where China shares the actual hydrological water data with downstream countries on the Mekong River ...
Richard Grünwald, Caicai Geng, Wenling Wang   +2 more
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A strategic study on biodiversity conservation in Xishuangbanna

Journal of Forestry Research, 2001
Xishuangbanna harbors valuable tropical rainforests with abundant biodiversity and it is acknowledged as a treasure house of wildlife. By describing the characteristics of its physical geography, the authors analyzed the habitat complex. The major vegetation types and rare wildlife were systematically studied to indicate the major elements and great ...
Pu Ying-shan, Zhang Zhi-yi
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The tropical rainforest vegetation in Xishuangbanna

Chinese Geographical Science, 1992
The tropical rainforest in Xishuangbanna, Yunnan Province of China, is introduced in detail in this paper. Situated at the northern margin of tropical mainland SE Asia and controlled by monsoon climate, the region has been climatically at the lower limits for tropical rainforests, however true tropical rainforests exist and develop luxuriantly in the ...
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Tourism and the Lue Language in Xishuangbanna

Asian Anthropology, 2008
(2008). Tourism and the Lue Language in Xishuangbanna. Asian Anthropology: Vol. 7, No. 1, pp. 79-98.
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Rubber cultivation and sustainable development in Xishuangbanna, China

International Journal of Sustainable Development & World Ecology, 2001
SUMMARY Xishuangbanna in southwest China is a tropical and subtropical region with extraordinary traditional cultures and attractive landscapes. Rubber cultivation is a key production source undergoing rapid growth. It contributes substantially to improvement of the local economic situation and partially replaces traditional slash-and-burn agriculture ...
Zhao-Lu Wu, Hong-Mao Liu, Lin-Yun Liu
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Fog and People in Xishuangbanna, Yunnan Province, China

2020
The Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture, located in the extreme south of Yunnan Province (China), comprises 49 basins and is known as a region that experiences frequent foggy days. Different ethnic groups have long coexisted in this region, separated from one another by this fog.
Seiki Nomoto, Satoshi Yokoyama
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Feminization, Recognition, and the Cosmological in Xishuangbanna

2009
This chapter explores the feminization of Xishuangbanna (Sipsongpanna) and Dai (Tai) peoples in Yunnan province within the wider Chinese polity from the perspective of Dai cosmological understandings (see map 7.1 and map 7.2). Dai peoples in China are heavily promoted through the prism of feminization and often exploitation.
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