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Travel promotion event publicizes Yulin in Guilin

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Updated: 2018-10-29

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A travel promotion event publicizing Yulin is held in Guilin on Oct 26. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]

A travel event promoting Yulin's tourism resources and culture was held at the Guilin International Exhibition and Conference Center in Guilin, Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, on Oct 26.

The event, sponsored by the Yulin Municipal People's Government and organized by the Yulin Tourism Development Commission, the Beiliu Municipal People's Government and Yulin Transport Tourism Investment Group Co, Ltd, attracted over 150 government officials, company representatives and news reporters.

It included distribution of tourism promotional material, video broadcasts, singing and dancing as well as guest speeches.

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The event attracted over 150 government officials, company representatives and news reporters. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]

Yulin is an ancient city with over 2,000 years of history. It is one of the nine cross-strait agricultural cooperation pilot zones in China. A member city of the Guangxi Beibu Gulf Economic Zone and the Pearl River-Xijiang River Economic Belt, Yulin covers a total area of 12,800 square kilometers.

Located in the southeast of Guilin, Yulin is close to Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao. It faces the Beibu Gulf and Southeast Asia and sits in both the South China Economic Circle and the Great Southwest Economic Circle. It is the bridgehead of Guangxi's integration into the Pan-Pearl River Delta and Pan-Beibu Gulf.

Yulin is an excellent tourist city. It has over 120 tourist attractions including the Zhenwu Pavilion, Guiren Pass, Yuntian Culture City, Dayongshan National Forest Park, Xielu Mountain Villa and Duqiao Mountain. In recent years, Yulin has unswervingly implemented an ecological development strategy, vigorously developed its rural economy, and focused on building a pastoral ecology. It has been named a "National Green Forest Model City", "National Forest City" and "National Garden City".

At present, the city has 11 national 4A-level scenic spots, 21 national 3A-level scenic spots, two major historical and cultural sites protected at the national level and one national forest park. Yulin is also a rural tourist area with 228 star-rated farmhouses and has such types of featured tourism as leisure health, history and culture, prayer and gratitude tours, hometowns of overseas Chinese, and explorations of the lives of local celebrities.

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Yuntian Culture City in Yulin [Photo/VCG]