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China Southern Airlines
is now selling e-ticket admission to many of the nation’s leading leisure vacation destinations.
In cooperation with some of the nation’s AAAA-rated scenic spots along the
Lijiang River in Guilin - China Southern Airlines is launching electronic travel
package tickets that offer both airline ticketing with admission to many of Guilin’s
best scenic spots.
“Passengers holding these package tickets will enjoy a considerably preferential
prices when touring the scenic spots in Guilin such as Yuzi Paradise, Guanyan
and Earthly Paradise,” said Mr. Li Kun, Vice President, China Southern Airlines.
Mr. Li added that, “this new cooperation will improve the process in which these
leisure destinations have partnered with travel agencies in the past and develop a
new product opportunities for the airline while developing new customers and
expanded tourists for the world-famous Guilin vacation destinations.”
Situated in the
northeast of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Guilin City is South China's
shining pearl, with verdant mountains, elegant waters, magnificent crags and
fantastic caverns.
Guilin has a history of more than 2,000 years. In the 6th year of Yuanding During
the reign of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty (111 B.C.), Guilin was a county, called
Shi An County, and from the Song Dynasty to the Qing Dynasty, it was the
political, economic and cultural center of Guangxi.
Guilin was originally a vast expanse of sea until about 190 Million years ago,
when owing to the movement of the earth crust, the whole area rose and became land.
The limestone, weathered and eroded by water, became today's fantastic stone
forests, peaks, underground streams and caves, thus giving unique features to
Guilin's scenery.
The mountains
in Guilin, rising abruptly from the ground, stand in various stately shapes. Moreover, they have in them a great number of colorful caves. These
mountains with strangely shaped peaks and caves of unique formation, together
with the crystal-clear rivers that surround the city, characterize Guilin's scenery
and have brought it International fame.
Lijiang River, a picturesque river well known throughout China and around the
globe, is at its most beautiful starting from Guilin to Yangshuo – a distance of 83
km. Winding its way amidst the mountains and through villages, the Lijiang River
adds a great charm to the picture-like landscape of Guilin, where vacationers can
see mountains with fantastic peaks, green and clear waters, and festoon-like
fields.
Guilin also abounds in historical relics. Stone carvings alone amounts to
approximately 2,000 pieces. Of all the scenic spots in the city, Pu Tuo Hill,
Crescent Moon Hill and Folded Brocade Hill possess the greatest number of these
carvings. But crowning all is the Dragon Refuge Cave, which, as it Is lined with
stelae, is properly called "Guilin Stelae Forest". |
