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 Dali Foreign 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 Foreign
Tourist Street famous home and abroad.
In recent years, with develop ment of tourism, over
forty thousand foreign tourists come to Dali every year. They
usually lodge in Dali Foreign 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 Foreign
Tourist Street in foreign tourist map. By this fact, we know that
Dali Foreign 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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