There are 40 forest parks and 30 nature reserves designated at provincial level. Guangdong is now seeing more and more of its cities designated as "Excellent Tourist Cities" for the list now includes Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Zhuhai, Zhaoqing, Zhongshan, Foshan, Jiangmen, Shantou, Huizhou and Hainan. In particular Zhongshan and Hainan rank first and second among the cities at prefecture and county levels to have been awarded this honor.

Development of the tourism triangle based on Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao has now taken off. The State Council has approved the introduction of a 144-hour visa endorsement service in 10 cities in the Zhujiang River Delta and Shantou City.

Eleven of the province's scenic spots and scenic areas are now graded 4-A designating them as top quality tourist areas:

1. Baiyun Hill in Guangzhou

2. Xiangjiang Wildlife Park in Guangzhou

3. Overseas Chinese Town in Shenzhen

4. Guanlan Golf Course in Shenzhen

5. Yuanming New Park in Zhuhai

6. Dr. Sun Yat-sen's birthplace in Zhongshan

7. Star Lake in Zhaoqing

8. Mount Sijiao in Foshan

9. Mount Danxia in Shaoguan

10. Qingxin Hot Springs in Qingyuan

11. Hailing Island's Dajiao Bay in Yangjiang

(Statistics as of 2004)