CHANGCHUN, June 14 (Xinhua) — The Changbaishan Global Geopark was officially inaugurated Friday at the first Jilin Tourism Development Conference held at the Changbai Mountain reserve in northeast China’s Jilin Province, after it was added to the UNESCO Global Geoparks network in March.
The province took the opportunity to release a tourism development plan on integrating the tourism resources of Changbai Mountain and its surrounding areas based on the principle of giving priority to protection.
The Changbai Mountain is characterized by Quaternary volcanic landform relics, unique vertical distribution belts of…