Guilin to offer visa-free entry for ASEAN tour groups

NANNING - The southern Chinese city of Guilin, a top tourist destination known for its picturesque landscape, will offer six-day visa-free entry to group tourists from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) starting Thursday.

ASEAN is the major source of tourists in Guilin, which began to offer 72-hour visa-free stays to international transit passengers from 51 countries last July.

Guilin received 38.7 million tourists in 2014, including 2.03 million from abroad. Tourism revenue reached 42.1 billion yuan ($6.9 billion) last year.