A new tourism destination in the making: Kubuqi Desert Inner Mongolia, China

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China and tourism are growing with additions and changes announced every day. Kubuqi Desert is the seventh-largest desert in China. It is located in northern Ordos Plateau in Inner Mongolia autonomous region and covers an area of 18,600 km2.

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From 1980s and 1990s, the wind in the desert used to rage in spring and winter, bringing sandstorm even to Beijing, Tianjinand Hebei province, some 800 km away from the desert.

However, ecological restoration implemented there totally changed the situation and also helped in poverty alleviation. Soil improvement and development of catering industry have brought new vitality to the desert; the rise of photovoltaic industry generates power for Kubuqi; more entrepreneurial activities have increased local income. And Seven Star Lake Ecological Park in Kubuqi Desert is committed to building a world-class desert ecological tourism resort.

SOURCE: China Daily

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Juergen Thomas Steinmetz has continuously worked in the travel and tourism industry since he was a teenager in Germany (1977).
He founded eTurboNews in 1999 as the first online newsletter for the global travel tourism industry.

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