Tourists to be wooed by new green zone

The first low-carbon tourism zone in the capital will be created in Miyun county this year, complementing the central government's plan to cut 40 to 45 percent of carbon dioxide emissions by 2020.

The zone will be north of the Miyun Reservoir and cover more than 30 sq km of arable land and mountains northwest of urban Beijing, a press release on the county's tourism bureau's website reports.

"The area is the core of ecological preservation in Miyun county and is important for the protection of the Miyun Reservoir, which is the largest reservoir and a crucial water supplier for Beijing," Jia Limei, deputy director of Miyun tourism bureau, told METRO yesterday.