Homestay tourism business helps villagers earn steady income in Shanxin Village of Guangxi

Photo taken on July 24, 2019 shows an alley at Shanxin Village of Qisha Township in Fangchenggang City, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. Shanxin Village used to be a poor fishing village where villagers live on fishing and shrimp farming. By the end of 2016, there were 33 poverty-stricken families and 156 impoverished residents. To help them shake off poverty, in 2017, local authorities cooperated with tourism companies to establish a "coastal and rural" homestay tourism business by renovating and decorating villagers' houses as homestay lodgings. The homestay tourism business started this February. Through renting the renovated houses and doing part-time jobs, local villagers can earn steady income. (Xinhua/Zhou Hua)