Drone photography of Duxiu Peak Wangcheng Scenic Area in Guilin City. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Cao Yiming
Xinhua News Agency, Nanning, November 26 (Reporters Zhao Manjun and Huang Qinggang) "Guilin landscape and water are under the heavens, and the jade and biluo are green and can be referenced. The poem of Wang Zhenggong of the Southern Song Dynasty reflects the traditional imagery of the literati and inkers visiting Guilin and sending love to the landscape. Today, under the promotion of the local government, this ancient city is attracting more tourists from home and abroad with the weather of culture and landscape beauty.
"Guilin is an international tourist city, a national historical and cultural city, and an ecological landscape city, and the integration of culture, tourism and ecology is not only a major trend, but also a big advantage of Guilin." Qin Chuncheng, mayor of Guilin, said at the 2019 Guangxi Cultural Tourism Development Conference that Guilin will take this conference as an opportunity to continue to promote the integration of culture, tourism and ecology, and build an international tourist resort, a national health tourism demonstration base and a national sustainable development agenda innovation demonstration zone.
At nightfall, a group of square dance lovers gathered in front of Guilin's Gunan Gate. Hao Hai, 32, from Mexico, said: "I like this comfortable lifestyle and am very happy to be able to integrate into this life. ”
On the section of the Yulong River that passes through Yangshuo Town, visitors take a traditional raft to enjoy the scenery. Photo by Zhao Manjun, Xinhua News Agency
Three years ago, in the summer, Hao Hai first arrived in Guilin and visited longji rice terraces and other places. In the following two years, he chose to travel to Guilin in different seasons and witnessed the changes in Guilin. "The landscape is more beautiful than imagined, each place has its own characteristics, there are many foreign tourists, and Guilin is developing in the direction of internationalization." Hao Hai said.
In recent years, Guilin urban area has built a number of classic tourist attractions such as Zhengyang Dongxi Lane, XiaoyaoLou and Duxiu Peak, which integrate the scenery of the Li River with historical culture; Yangshuo integrates landscape scenery and humanistic history to create the "Impression Liu Sanjie" landscape drama; Longsheng Autonomous County combines ethnic minority elements with terraced landscapes; Xing'an, Quanzhou, Guanyang and other places have vigorously developed red tourism.
Tourists visit the upper floor of The East and West Lane in Guilin City. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Cao Yiming
At the recently held 2019 Guangxi (Guilin) Cultural Tourism Major Project Investment Promotion Conference and Signing Ceremony, all parties signed a total of 17 cultural tourism projects, with a total amount of 75.93 billion yuan.
According to the Department of Culture and Tourism of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, in 2018, Guilin received more than 100 million tourists, and the city's total tourism consumption exceeded 130 billion yuan. This year, Guilin is expected to receive more than 130 million tourists and achieve a total tourism consumption of more than 170 billion yuan.
Guilin is the first in the country to implement a 72-hour transit visa-free policy for citizens of 51 countries and a 6-day visa-free entry policy for tourist groups from 10 ASEAN countries. According to planning, by 2025, Guilin will be built into a world-class tourist destination and an international cultural exchange center.