Park offers discount to women in short skirts

An amusement park in the tourist city of Guilin is offering discounted tickets to women who wear short skirts, attracting more visitors as well as criticism.

Many women who are 18 and older buy the discounted tickets during the summer - the peak season for the park, according to Huang Min, a publicity staff member of the Guilin Merryland Resort in the Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region.

The normal price of admission is 110 yuan ($17). Women who wear skirts that are shorter than 38 centimeters can get a 50 percent discount.