South Asia Tropical Botanical Garden, located next to Huguangyan in Zhanjiang City, is a unit under the Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences that integrates scientific research, popular science tourism and development. It is an important comprehensive scientific research base for crops in the south subtropical zone of China. Engaged in the introduction, development and utilization of tropical plants for a long time. Its rich scientific research achievements and rich tropical plant germplasm resources make it a popular science education base in Zhanjiang City and even Guangdong Province and one of the eight scenic spots in Zhanjiang.
The botanical garden has charming scenery, fresh air and fragrant flowers and fruits in all seasons. More than 65,438+0,000 varieties of tropical plants have been collected and cultivated, including mysterious fruits that can make people eat sour and sweet, egg fruits with various fruit flavors, macadamia nuts, the king of dried fruits in the world, bamboo on the back of tropical fruits, and exotic tropical fruits such as Taiwan Province Zizyphus jujuba, annona squarrosa and pearl lotus mist. There are rare trees in the world, such as red sandalwood, Phoebe bournei and cinnamon. There are more than 80 kinds of precious palm plants such as pepper, coffee, sandalwood and ylang ylang, as well as more than 400 kinds of desert plants and tropical flowers with different shapes. While visiting the Botanical Garden, you can also pick fresh fruits in the orchard, taste coffee, juice and all kinds of herbal teas, buy special products of the Botanical Garden, tease fish, touch fish, barbecue and have a picnic. When you come to the botanical garden, you can also eat native chickens and delicious wild vegetables grown in the orchard; When night falls, you can spend a leisurely night in the cool breeze, listening to the bugles of insects in the field.
South Asia Tropical Botanical Garden, with its exotic flowers and herbs, fragrant flowers and fruits in all seasons, elegant environment, fresh air and unique customs, provides a good leisure space for tourists and is a good place for citizens to relax. In 200 1 year, Zhanjiang Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government made a decision to create a national garden city. South Asia Tropical Botanical Garden actively cooperated with the city's garden creation work, consolidated its brand, and launched a series of preferential activities to share the best fruits with tourists. Once the activity was launched, it aroused great interest of the guests and promoted the construction of the botanical garden. With the strong support of the Municipal Party Committee and the Municipal Tourism Bureau, South Asia Tropical Botanical Garden has created a unique style according to local conditions, which has been well received by the whole city in the work of creating the garden, and has also been rated as an excellent tourist unit in 2005 by the Municipal Tourism Bureau.
In mid-June, 2006, South Asia Tropical Botanical Garden, with the assistance of Zhanjiang Tourism Bureau, got in touch with major travel agencies in Zhanjiang, and there was an endless stream of guests and scheduled tourists coming to the Botanical Garden for some time. It is believed that this mango festival will bring certain economic and social benefits to both sides.