The Tourist Public Service Administration will be set up at the famous Chinese tourist city Guilin at the beginning of 2010.

Combining the former Tourist Information Service Center and Tourism Internet Information Center, the new institution has been reported to be the first tourist public service management body in China.

According to the official from the administration, it will devise a plan from Guilin to build a public tourist system, establish tourist service centers and tourist distribution centers in downtown areas, promote a self-drive service system and the hire of recreational vehicles, and build a first class tourist public information service platform.

Guilin have several “firsts” in tourist public service management systems, including setting up the first tourist information center, setting up the first self drive information service station, and so on.