The Guangxi Provincial Tourism Bureau has signed a marketing agent agreement with Thailand Happy Tour Limited Company, authorizing the company to promote Guangxi's travel products in Thailand.

According to the agreement, Thailand Happy Tour Limited Company will work as the marketing agency of China Guangxi Tour and help inbound visitors plan their Guangxi trips.

During the one-year agreement period, Guangxi Tourism Bureau will invest RMB100,000 on promoting its travel resources in Thailand. In the meantime, Thailand Happy Tour promises to organize more than 5000 tourists to visit Guangxi during the year.

Prior to this agreement, the tourism bureau also signed marketing agent agreements with travel agencies in Hong Kong and Vietnam.

Thailand is one of the main inbound tourist markets for Guangxi. About 47000 Thai tourists came to Guangxi in 2005, an increase of 26.11% compared with that of the previous year.