Umlobi waseBrithani uJames Hilton wabhala incwadi ethi “Lost Horizon,” incwadi ebhalwe kahle eyayibonisa umhlaba ipharadesi elihle leholide eligcwele amaphupho nezinkondlo, indawo ayibiza ngokuthi iShangri-La. Namuhla (November 9, 2009), i-Global Tourism Vacation Forum 2009 ibanjwe endaweni ye-Shangri-La resort - i-China Diqing Shangri-La.
Ingqikithi yesithangami ithi “Ngena Enkathini Entsha Yezokuvakasha Kokuvakasha,” ethi, “Inkathi entsha yezokuvakasha eholidini ukuze bathole ubuhle bangempela, bemvelo, bemvelo kanye nokunambitha kwamasiko ayingqayizivele!”
Izivakashi nezintatheli ezivela eChina, Greece, South Korea, Switzerland, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Bulgaria, Oman, Chile, Turkey, Nepal, Pakistan, India, Hungary, Peru, Pakistan, Malaysia, nakwamanye amazwe angu-22 bahlanganyele kule nkundla.
Emcimbini wokuvula inkundla, uMbusi u-Chen Jianguo Diqing wamemezela emhlabeni wonke, umgomo wethu uwukwakha i-Diqing ukuze ibe indawo yezivakashi ehamba phambili emhlabeni, kanye ne-Shangri-La ibe ingcebo yezokuvakasha emhlabeni, ukuze “i-Shangri-La ibe indawo yomhlaba ngempela. Shangri-La!”
I-Global Tourism Vacation Forum yasungulwa yi-International Tourism Marketing Association, okuyingqungquthela yaminyaka yonke yamazwe ngamazwe. I-http://www.itmacom.com/ iyona kuphela i-ejensi yokusebenza egunyaziwe kanye noxhumana naye wemidiya ebukhoma emhlabeni. I-CCTV yaseChina, iPeople's Daily, People, Xinhuanet, Zhongxin News Agency, Guangming Daily, CRI, CNR, China Tourism News 10 media media main and Malaysian National News Agency, Associated Press of Pakistan, Nepal's National News Agency, kanye neChile's National Television evela emazweni angaphandle ayi-12 izikhungo zezindaba bezimelwe esithangamini ukuze zibike.
