Jiuzhaigou is a narrow strip of lowland ... and antelope. To develop tourism here, China plans to build a hotel with 50 beds, a restaurant, and other facilities. The valley will be divided ...

This story appears in the March 2009 issue of National Geographic magazine. Jiuzhaigou means "valley of nine villages," because it once harbored nine, but other numbers are more significant now.

The Bureau was informed of the findings of a Centre/IUCN mission to this site in September 1998 that was favourably impressed with tourism management there. The site is located within the same Minshan ...