“Flower viewing” has become a tourism buzzword in Kunming, capital of southwest China’s Yunnan Province, on Chinese social media, as the province’s fresh-cut flower industry has continued to flourish in recent years.
Tourists buy fresh flowers at the Dounan Flower Market in Kunming, capital of southwest China’s Yunnan Province. (Xinhua/Chen Xinbo)
Yunnan produces 18 billion stems of fresh-cut flowers annually, with the output value exceeding 100 billion yuan (about $13.84 billion).
Representative fresh flower cultivation bases and trading venues in the province, including the Dounan Flower Market in Kunming and the edible rose base in Bajie subdistrict, An’ning, a county-level city overseen by Kunming, have become popular photo spots, attracting crowds of tourists.
The fresh-cut flower industry in Yunnan has expanded, while the integration of flowers and tourism has become a new highlight of the province’s tourism sector.
Cai Jianhua, a florist who has been…