What is Snow Mountain Tours?
Snow Mountain Tours is part of the Kaiwen Community Development Project associated with Jian Hua Foundation of Hong Kong. Snow Mountain Tours is a joint project to create jobs by promoting tourism in Yunnan’s NorthWest Territory. Ted and Luanne Erskin are collaborating with the Naxi village of Kaiwen (located just outside Lijiang, China) to build and operate a hostel that is attractive to cyclists, trekkers and backpackers.
Snow Mountain Tours is a geotourism project that adheres to the goals and objectives of the Global Sustainable Tourism Council, and the National Geographic Society. The overall objective is to create jobs while protecting the physical and cultural environments.
Contact Ted Erskin at ted.erskin@gmail.com for additional information about this project.
Who runs Snow Mountain Tours?
He Zhie Wei (Richard) is the owner of Kaiwen Village Inn in Kaiwen, Lijiang, China. Richard’s family has lived on the property of this ancient courtyard guesthouse for seventeen generations. The property is located on the Cha Ma Xiao Lu, or Tea Horse Road, an important part of the Southern Silk Road.
Ted Erskin is a Fulbright Scholar specializing in the rural economic development of China. He is the author of Wind Horse (Feng Ma) – a novel of historical fiction about this region and the Nanzhao Kingdom. Ted and Luanne Erskin are often in residence at Kaiwen Village Inn.
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