In China, the fast-growing homestay market has significantly changed local economy and environment, especially in rural areas. Li Wentong, who has opened the first homestay in his village, shares his story.
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00:00 Li Wentong, who had been working as an architect outside his village for nearly a decade, returned
00:06 to his hometown in the rural area of north China's Tianjin municipality in 2022 and
00:13 established his own rural homestay.
00:17 In Tianjin's Jizhou district, which boasts beautiful landscape, many homestays, including
00:23 the one run by Li in Daxianyu village, have helped boost local tourism industry and economy.
00:29 "I am a member of the Jizhou district.
00:32 I have a dream since I was a child.
00:34 I want to see the sea, the flowers in spring.
00:36 The most important thing is that I think the direction of development is in the village.
00:40 We are the first homestay in this village.
00:43 There are many more in the future.
00:45 Overall, there are more and more homestays.
00:48 The scenery, environment and firewood in the village have all improved.
00:52 Now, there are many policies in our homestay, including our low-income loans.
00:57 We have some training activities in our district and town.
01:00 These can solve the great pressure of the homestay owners."
01:05 During this year's New Year's Day holiday, the homestays and other cultural tourism destinations
01:11 and shopping places in Jizhou district received a total of 530,000 visitors, with revenues
01:18 exceeding 100 million yuan, a significant year-on-year increase.
01:23 "We have opened 13 homestays in the past year.
01:28 The environment is getting better and better.
01:30 We have more and more visitors.
01:32 We will recruit more tourists to expand the multi-aspect integration of the cultural tourism industry."
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