Picturesque rivers and mountains, silver beaches, an open-air banquet held by dressed-up minority groups, a smiling old lady sitting at the doorway of her home in "Longevity Village".

These are just a few of the dozens of pictures exhibited at a recent tourism show promoting the Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region at the United Nations' headquarters in New York.

"They are so beautiful. I've been to China a few times but mostly stayed in the big cities. I would like to go to Guangxi someday to see the scenery in person," Caroline Bergonzi, a Monacan artist who visited the show, says.

The show also included a video of the local scenery and ethnic culture, a presentation punctuated with rewarded Q&A activities and an introduction of airlines. It attracted some 150 participants from governments, the tourism industry, airline companies and the media from China and the United States.