Simola is a village inhabited by Va people surrounded by green mountains and clear creeks in southwest China’s Yunnan Province. In recent years, the village has developed into a key tourism village on national level, receiving 210,000 visits in 2020.
Li Shunfa, a villager who was once trapped in poverty, has embraced a well-off life thanks to local tourism development. According to the man, he can sell more than 300 rice cakes per day.
Bashan Grand Canyon, lying on the northwest of Xuanhan County, Dazhou, southwest China’s Sichuan Province, has paved a new path for local residents to get rid of poverty through cultural tourism. It has lifted 102 villages and 91,000 residents out of poverty, and increased income for 25 townships and…