Guilin's tourism dream comes true

City famed for natural beauty expects 15% rise in tourists over next 2 years

What can be a better dream for a tourist city than attracting more visitors? For Lin Yejiang, head of Guilin's tourist administration, his dream is bound to come true.

Guilin - the city proper and its 11 counties - has a total population of no more than 5 million. In 2013, the number of tourists who visited was seven times its population, spending a total of 36 billion yuan ($5.83 billion).