Guilin’s inbound tourists will exceed 2 million in 2026

China News Service, Guilin, November 6 (Ou Huilan) On November 6, Guilin will receive more than 2 million inbound tourists in 2026.

On the same day, at the welcome ceremony for Guilin’s 2 millionth inbound tourist in 2026, held at Guilin Liangjiang International Airport, Portuguese tourist Ms. Cristina Santos was awarded a commemorative certificate. She was also the 44,531,200th inbound tourist since Guilin opened to the outside world in 1973.

Guilin is one of the earliest tourist cities in China that opened to the outside world. Its landscape brand is world-renowned, and Guilin Karst is included in the World Geological Heritage List.

Cristina Santos said: "This is my third trip to China and the first time I have set foot on Guilin. Over the years, I have learned through various social media that Guilin has unique natural scenery and a history of more than 2,000 years of city building. I look forward to my friends and I being able to deeply appreciate this rich cultural charm during our trip in the next few days."

Since the beginning of this year, tourists from more than 100 countries and regions around the world have visited Guilin. Thanks to China’s visa-free policy, the number of tourists from many European countries has doubled. Currently, the top 10 foreign tourist source markets in Guilin are South Korea, Italy, Malaysia, the United States, Spain, Germany, Vietnam, France, Singapore, and the United Kingdom.

At present, Guilin has stably opened international and regional routes to Kuala Lumpur, Seoul, Busan, Daegu, Cheongju, Hanoi, Hong Kong and other international and regional routes, building a route matrix covering Southeast Asia, Northeast Asia, Hong Kong and Macao, and connecting the long-distance passenger source markets of Europe, America, Australia and New Zealand through hub airports such as Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou, and the source structure has become more diversified.

In terms of product supply, Guilin is accelerating the upgrade of inbound tourism from traditional landscape sightseeing to in-depth cultural experience, outdoor sports vacations, international health and wellness accommodation and other diversified business formats.