(Xinhua) 09:55, October 18, 2024
Tourists take a sightseeing car at the Fairy Mountain National Forest Park in Wulong District, southwest China’s Chongqing Municipality, July 22, 2024. (Xinhua/Liu Chan)
CHONGQING, Oct. 17 (Xinhua) — Ran Guangfang, 54, from Jingzhu Village in southwest China’s Chongqing Municipality, has experienced a remarkable transformation. The former farmer has laid down her hoe and gained local fame as a skilled barista, a change driven by the recent boon in rural tourism across the country.
“A few years back, I was growing flue-cured tobacco,” Ran recalled. Indeed, every household in Jingzhu once relied on this crop, despite many struggling to get by on the meager earnings they reaped.
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