Flower show to be held in Myanmar city next month
Flower show to be held in Myanmar city next month
13:29, November 09, 2009 
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A huge flower show will be held in Myanmar's northern city of Pyin Oo Lwin in the first week of next month, aimed at promoting tourism industry of the country, sources with the National Kandawgyi Garden (NKG) said on Monday.
The two-month show at the NKG will run from Dec. 2 to Jan. 31, the sources said.
Over 200,000 plants and 15 kinds of flowers grown domestically and from 39 countries including neighboring China, Thailand, Singapore and Japan will be displayed at the show.
The flower will be used to design the images of animals and comic strips, it said.
The first such flower festival was held at the NKG in December 2006 to mark its diamond jubilee while the second was in December 2008.
The NKG was established in 1915 as a botanical garden and was later expanded in different eras reaching 177 hectares in 2000 which comprises lake, natural forest, observation tower and rose, orchid and bamboo gardens.
Statistics show that about 400,000 people have visited the NKG annually since it was reopened in 2001.
Pyin Oo Lwin, lying 69 kilometers east of the second largest city of Mandalay and at over 1,000 meters above sea-level, enjoys cool and pleasant weather all year round. The flower city is well known for its pine trees, eucalyptus and silver-oak abounding in town.
Source: Xinhua
The two-month show at the NKG will run from Dec. 2 to Jan. 31, the sources said.
Over 200,000 plants and 15 kinds of flowers grown domestically and from 39 countries including neighboring China, Thailand, Singapore and Japan will be displayed at the show.
The flower will be used to design the images of animals and comic strips, it said.
The first such flower festival was held at the NKG in December 2006 to mark its diamond jubilee while the second was in December 2008.
The NKG was established in 1915 as a botanical garden and was later expanded in different eras reaching 177 hectares in 2000 which comprises lake, natural forest, observation tower and rose, orchid and bamboo gardens.
Statistics show that about 400,000 people have visited the NKG annually since it was reopened in 2001.
Pyin Oo Lwin, lying 69 kilometers east of the second largest city of Mandalay and at over 1,000 meters above sea-level, enjoys cool and pleasant weather all year round. The flower city is well known for its pine trees, eucalyptus and silver-oak abounding in town.
Source: Xinhua
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