Where tourism truly is a class act

Guilin's natural travel appeal makes it a natural host to one of the country's leading tourism-education institutions.

Guilin Tourism University's graduates get dual degrees from the school in the Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region's Yangshuo county and the Swiss Ecole hoteliere de Lausanne, which claims to be the world's first hospitality institution of higher learning.

It also cooperates with 22 other universities and serves as an education base for the United Nations World Tourism Organization. Majors include tourism management, tour guiding, hotel supervision and conference design.