The three scenic spots of Zijiang Tianmen Mountain, Bajiao Village and Zijiang Light Valley in Ziyuan county, Guilin, Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region have reached 4A-level tourist scenic spot standard and are now officially designated as national 4A-level tourist scenic spots.
Ziyuan county was among the first excellent tourism counties in Guangxi and is home to many of the province's key scenic spots. It has rich tourism resources, including Bajiao Village, Zijiang Drifting, Baoding Waterfall, Tianmen Mountain, Wupai River, Danxia Hot Spring, Longdong Gorge and more, all of which are unique in the Guilin tourism circle.
Since the establishment of the county in Guangxi as a famous tourist county in 2015, Ziyuan county has established the "Chuangte" work leading group to vigorously promote the construction of major tourism projects.
The rapid development of the modern service industry led by tourism has become a strong engine and main driving force for the steady growth of the economic structure of Ziyuan county.
Over the past three years, Ziyuan county has invested more than 5 billion yuan (720.48 million) in continuously promoting the establishment of the special tourism county in Guangxi, making major breakthroughs in tourism development.
It has built four three-star or above hotels and 12 2A-level or above tourist toilets, perfecting tourism infrastructure and supporting facilities.
In addition, Ziyuan county has successfully built two national 3A-level scenic spots including Baoding Waterfall and Tangdong Cave, three national 4A-level scenic spots including Zijiang Tianmen Mountain, Bajiao Village, Zijiang Light Valley, as well as added 11 three-star or above farmhouses and two three-star car camps.
At present, Ziyuan county has two four-star or above rural tourism areas and two autonomous-region-level eco-tourism demonstration zones, comprehensively improving the tourism level.