Ua kākau ka mea kākau Pelekane ʻo James Hilton iā "Lost Horizon," he puke kākau nani e hōʻike ana i ka honua i kahi paradaiso hoʻomaha hoʻomaha idyllic piha i nā moeʻuhane a me nā mele, kahi i kapa ʻia ʻo Shangri-La. I kēia lā (November 9, 2009), ke mālama ʻia nei ka Global Tourism Vacation Forum 2009 i kahi prototype resort Shangri-La - ka China Diqing Shangri-La.
ʻO ke poʻomanaʻo o ka ʻaha kūkā ʻo "Enter into a New Era of Vacation Tourism," e haʻi ana, "He au hou no ka mākaʻikaʻi hoʻomaha e ʻike i ka nani maoli, kūlohelohe, kaiaola a me ka ʻono o nā moʻomeheu kūʻokoʻa ua hiki mai!"
Ua komo nā malihini a me nā mea nūpepa mai Kina, Helene, South Korea, Switzerland, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Bulgaria, Oman, Chile, Turkey, Nepal, Pakistan, India, Hungary, Peru, Pakistan, Malaysia, a me nā ʻāina he 22 ʻē aʻe i komo i ka ʻaha kūkā.
I ka wehe ʻana o ka ʻaha kūkā, ua hoʻolaha ʻo Kiaʻāina ʻo Chen Jianguo Diqing i ka honua, ʻo kā mākou pahuhopu ʻo ke kūkulu ʻana iā Diqing i lilo i wahi mākaʻikaʻi kiʻekiʻe o ka honua, a ʻo Shangri-La i lilo i waiwai mākaʻikaʻi honua, i lilo ai ʻo Shangri-La i ka honua. Shangri-La!”
Hoʻokumu ʻia ka Global Tourism Vacation Forum e ka International Tourism Marketing Association, ʻo ia ka ʻaha kūkā nui o ka honua. ʻO http://www.itmacom.com/ ʻo ia wale nō ka ʻoihana hana ʻae ʻia a me ka hoʻopili ʻana no ka media ola i ka honua. ʻO Kina CCTV, People's Daily, People, Xinhuanet, Zhongxin News Agency, Guangming Daily, CRI, CNR, China Tourism News 10 media mainstream and Malaysian National News Agency, Associated Press of Pakistan, Nepal's National News Agency, a me Chile's National Television mai 12 haole. ʻO nā keʻena nūhou i hōʻike ʻia ma ka ʻaha kūkā.
