【正确答案】 In 1985 and 1991, Guilin' s mountains and river ranked second both in the top ten Places of Interest and in the Forty Best Tourist Attractions in China. In 1998, China National Tourism Administration named Guilin one of the Top Tourist Cities in China.
During the process of developing a tourist industry, Guilin attached great importance to constructing tourist attractions, maintaining the Li River, and improving its capacity to receive tourists. After more than 20 years' development, Guilin has made remarkable progress in the tourist industry , basically forming a multi-functional and multi-level system as well as overall high-quality tourist reception capacity. Guilin has become a world-renowned tourist city. In recent years, Guilin has always ranked within the top 10 in terms of international tourist arrivals. In 1998 international tourists numbered 410, 000 and domestic tourists reached 6 million, despite the effects of the financial crisis in southeastern Asian countries.