From January 1, shuttle buses between Lijiang and Lugu Lake are available for tourists.

The trip will take about 4.5 hours. Price of one-way ticket for adult is 80RMB. Return tickets for adult cost 130RMB. One-way ticket for child under 12 years costs 50RMB.

from where in Lijiang?

Pick-up points in Lijiang:

(8am)Shuhe North Gate(束河北门)—Shuhe South Gate(束河南门)—Entrance of the Ancient City’s North Gate Parking Lot(古城北门停车场入口)—Petro Company(石油公司)—Municipal No.1 Middle School(市一中转盘)—Ancient City’s South Gate.Yunwu Square(古城南门.云武广场)—Bailong Square.Lijun Hotel(白龙广场.丽军酒店)(9am)

The bus will stay for 5 minutes at each stop. Estimated the bus will leave Lijiang on 9am.

Pick-up point in Lugu Lake:

entrance of Lige Village(里格村村口).

The bus leave at 11am and arrive in Lijiang at 3.30pm.

The information was from the City Time Newspaper. It did not mention how many buses will be in operation each day.

Update on the express bus from Lijiang to Lugu Lake.

Since 2018, a new bus service route has been provided by the local government. 80rmb round trip. 3.5 hour journey. Two departure times, 9am and 14pm from Lijiang Old Town to Lugu Lake. Info can be found on Taobao.

Has GoK written an official featured blog article on Lugu Lake? Having trouble with the search function.

Btw, it seems the rates of Lijiang inns (客栈) have been restoring back to previous levels for the 5.1 holidays in recent days. Lijiang rents were previously suspended for 3 months by landlords in unison to keep the town and their respective businesses afloat. Not sure whether this was gov. stipulation or collective gestures of goodwill by landlords themselves. Most likely the former. In Kunming, shopping centers like TKP waived rents for only one month.

Lastly, current admission prices at various public venues at Lugu Lake are half off their regular fees. Though there are still travel restriction wrinkles pertaining to Yunnan and Sichuan non-residents that need to be ironed out.

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No news without sources please.

FYI: We have also touched base with accomodation and local government in Dali, Lijiang and Shangri-la and foreigners can certainly visit, even if they are limited in their choice of accommodation.

Please check here for updates:www.gokunming.com/[...]

Above poster's situation is a bit more unique, pertaining to foreigners who haven't traveled outside China for past few months, prior to the 14-day quarantine stipulation for international arrivals.

For these non-Chinese travelers to Yunnan destinations like Dali, screenshot or photocopy of previous airline booking/invoice need to be prepared on-hand, not just health codes on smartphone. This is the recommendation of Dali's CDC (疾病预防控制局, aka "防控局") as relayed by government personnel in Dali's tourism bureau (旅游局). All conversation by telephone so no source links. Local police stations and hotels weren't as fruitful/accommodating as previously mentioned. The lack of synchronicity of information has always been a challenge.

Thank you for taking time to touch base with local government regarding this issue. May I ask which divisions of government were contacted to ascertain your green light certainty?

The last thing we want is to arrive there and be met with mandatory quarantine, as warned by police and various inns. During this period, hotels/inns are required by law to immediately report to police when foreigners check-in. Failing to do so result in a fine.