O le tusitala Peretania o James Hilton na tusia le "Lost Horizon," o se tusi o tusitusiga matagofie na faʻaalia i le lalolagi se parataiso tafaoga matagofie na tumu i miti ma solo, o se nofoaga na ia faʻaigoaina o Shangri-La. O aso nei (Novema 9, 2009), o le Global Tourism Vacation Forum 2009 o loʻo faia i totonu o le Shangri-La resort prototype - the China Diqing Shangri-La.
O le autu o le fonotaga o le "Ulufale i totonu o le Era Fou o Tafaoga Tafaoga," lea o loo taʻutino mai ai, "O se vaitau fou mo tafaoga tafaoga maimoa ia iloa muamua, masani, siosiomaga matagofie ma tofo o tulaga ese aganuu ua taunuu!
O malo ma tusitala mai Saina, Eleni, Korea i Saute, Suiselani, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Bulgaria, Oman, Chile, Turkey, Nepal, Pakistan, India, Hungary, Peru, Pakistan, Malaysia, ma isi 22 atunuu na auai i le fonotaga.
I le sauniga amata sauniga, Kovana Chen Jianguo Diqing faasilasila atu i le lalolagi, o la tatou sini o le fausia Diqing e avea ma tumutumu turisi tafaoga tafaoga i le lalolagi, ma Shangri-La e avea ma sili o turisi oa, o lea "Shangri-La moni avea le lalolagi Shangri-La! ”
O le Global Tourism Vacation Forum e faʻavaeina e le International Tourism Marketing Association, o le taua tele faʻavaomalo fonotaga faaletausaga. http://www.itmacom.com/ ua na o le pau lea o le faʻatagaina ofisa faʻagaioia ma faʻafesoʻotaʻi mo ala o faasalalauga i le lalolagi. Saina CCTV, People's Daily, People, Xinhuanet, Zhongxin News Agency, Guangming Daily, CRI, CNR, China Tourism News 10 autu o faʻasalalauga ma le Malaysian National News Agency, Associated Press o Pakistan, Nepal's National News Agency, ma Chile's National Television mai le 12 fafo ofisa o tala fou sa fai ma sui o le fonotaga e lipoti mai.
