Run after “the Rising Sun”—Looking Back the 30-year Tourism of Guilin History and Culture

Guilin has its characteristics with earlier historical origin, earlier cultural development, more and higher quality of culture and has become one of the first national famous cities approved by the State Council with its history and culture in South China. In the development of China changing her politics into economy construction in modern society, Guilin won bright tourism for its famous water and mountains. Thus, Guilin has been formed an idea-realizing of tourist development from human being. The developing Guilin tourism experiences a gradually-cleared process from landscape tour to tourist industry of recognizing urban historical and cultural resource. This article conclusions in an all-round way that Guilin has its success and failure in the 30-year tourism projects with its history and culture, forms a Guilin history and culture system matching with its famous city and greets the new high tide of Guilin tourism developing in an all-round way.