Karst Sceneries are Perfect, Karst Caves are Amazing in Asia

On 18 August, the 2022 Asian Mountain Tourism Promotion Conference on Amity, Sincerity, Mutual Benefit, Inclusiveness, Cooperation, and Sharing —— Jointly Building a New Future for Asian Mountain Tourism was officially launched in Guiyang, Guizhou province. Greeting from Zhang Yuanhai, President Asian Union of Speleology.

The following is the full text of the presentation.

Hello, Everyone! On behalf of the Asian Union of Speleology, I would like to wish the “Asian Mountain Tourism Promotion Conference” a great success and look forward to the results of this conference, to guide a better future for mountain in Asia.

Asia has the third pole, the Everest in the world, and countless famous mountains. However in my opinion, Asia is also known for the Karst mountains and caves. Nearly 400 years ago, an explorer and geographer from eastern China. Xu Xiake, came to the southwest China, saw the wonderful Karst mountains, explored more than 300 caves, could not help but exclaimed: majestic thousands of Karst mountains in the southwest are the best in China.
Today, as we know Karst in Asia, in addition to the South China Karst, there are also, for example, the Tengu Karst highland in Japan, Halong Bay in Vietnam, Phuket islands in Thailand, Gunung Mule Mountains in Malaysia, Java Karst in Indonesia, Chocolate Karst in Philippine, and many many caves underground. We may also have the same exclamation as Xu Xiake did, Karst sceneries are perfect, Karst caves are amazing in Asia. Moreover, today, relying on more advanced technology, we can climb higher mountains, explore deeper caves, will have more challenges and discoveries. Which will bring us infinite fun.