Guilin Sets Up Tourist Public Service Administration

The famous Chinese tourist city Guilin set up a Tourist Public Service Administration at the beginning of 2010.

This new institution combines the former Tourist Information Service Center and Tourism Internet Information Center. It is reported to be the first tourist public service management body in China.

An official of the administration said that it will devise a plan for Guilin to build a public tourist system, establish tourist service centers and tourist distribution centers in downtown areas, promote a self-drive service system and the hire of recreational vehicles, and build a first class tourist public information service platform.

Guilin claims several "firsts" in tourist public service management systems, including setting up the first tourist information center, setting up the first self drive information service station, distributing free promotional materials to tourists directly, and drafting tourist information service standards.