A Popular Tourist Attraction

O n July 17,2016,Shennongjia was included on the World Heritage List and honored as a“World Natural Heritage Site.”It is the first site in China and the second worldwide which is simultaneously listed by UNESCO’s Man and Biosphere Programme(MAB),World Geopark,and World Heritage.

At the same time,Shennongjia Forestry District has obtained over ten honors as a protected area at the international,domestic,and provincial levels,such as a Ramsar Site of International Importance,National Nature Reserve,National Geological Park,National Wetland Park,National Forest Park,Tourist Attractions Rated as 5A,and National Ecological Demonstration Area.

Shennongjia was recommended by National Geographic magazine as“a place of a lifetime,”and was selected as one of the“50 most worthwhile places for foreigners to visit in China”by Global Joumal together with the foreign envoys and media in China.

On August 22,2018,at the 2018 World Slow City Alliance Annual Meeting held in Mirande,France,Songbai Town(a town in Shennongjia Forestry District,Hubei Province)won the title of an“International Slow City,”which is the ninth in China and the first international slow city in Hubei Province.The title can be regarded as another world-class business card of Shennongjia.

神農架山間壩子A basin in Shennongjia Mountains

飽受贊譽的旅游勝地

2016年7月17日，神農架被列入《世界遺產名錄》，榮膺“世界自然遺產地”稱號，成為中國首個、世界第二個獲得聯合國教科文組織人與生物圈保護區、世界地質公園、世界遺產三大保護制度共同錄入的“三冠王”名錄遺產地。

同時，神農架林區還擁有國際重要濕地、國家級自然保護區、國家地質公園、國家濕地公園、國家森林公園、國家5A級景區、國家生態旅游示范區等十余項國際國內和省級保護地頭銜。

神農架被美國地理雜志推薦為“人一輩子不得不去的地方”，被《環球游報》及海外駐華使節和駐華媒體評選為“中國最值得外國人去的50個地方”之一。

2018年8月22日，在法國米朗德舉行的2018年世界慢城聯盟年會上，湖北神農架林區松柏鎮獲得“國際慢城”稱號，這是中國第9個、湖北省首個國際慢城，也是神農架斬獲的又一張世界級名片。