China's "Best Tourist Village" through the lens of foreign friends - showing a beautiful picture of the comprehensive revitalization of the countryside
江西上饶市婺源县篁岭村
It is a picturesque place that is a model of heritage preservation, shared prosperity and cross-cultural exchange. Huangling Village is committed to preserving local cultural treasures and becoming a beacon of rural tourism innovation.
- United Nations World Tourism Organization
The picture shows the houses in Huangling Village scattered, with red peppers and other crops drying on the roofs.
Photo by American self-media creator Steven Wades
The ancient buildings exude a strong historical atmosphere, the exquisite wood carvings and brick carvings embody the painstaking efforts of the craftsmen, and the traditional handicrafts such as the Yan Yan and the Jialu paper umbrella not only have high artistic value, but also are the crystallization of the wisdom of the local people...... The organic combination of the natural scenery and the cultural landscape of Huangling Village, the contrast between tradition and modernity, made me deeply shocked. The local government has promoted economic and social development through rural tourism, improved the living standards of villagers, and provided a reference for the sustainable development of rural areas in the world. This development model is not only conducive to the protection of the local ecological environment, but also conducive to the inheritance and development of traditional culture. I believe that in the near future, people from more countries will come to experience the historical beauty and tranquility and harmony of Huangling Village.
Yucun Village, Anji County, Huzhou City, Zhejiang
With fresh air, clean water and superior soil, the thousand-year-old ginkgo biloba and centenarian salamander are the best proof of the quality of the natural resources here. Through the closure of mines and ecological restoration, Yucun Village has embarked on the path of green development.
- United Nations World Tourism Organization
The picture shows the winding landscape forest road in front of the Yucun Village Tourist Comprehensive Service Center.
Photo by Majid Abbas, a Syrian employee of Anji Liangshan Industrial Operation Service Co., Ltd
Walking on the winding country roads of Yucun Village, the mountains in the distance are verdant, the bamboo sea is swaying, and the streams are murmuring and flowers are blooming in front of you, and the beautiful scenery everywhere is intoxicating. Through the launch of the "Global Partner Program", Yucun Village provides support for more talents to start businesses and implement projects around rural tourism, cultural creativity, and zero-carbon technology. A large number of new business formats such as cafes and special markets have taken root, attracting more and more young people to return to their hometowns to devote themselves to local development. Retaining the "green" and ushering in the "green", this former mining village continues to glow with new vitality, drawing a new picture of harmonious coexistence between man and nature.
Xidi Village, Yixian County, Huangshan City, Anhui Province
With a history of more than 700 years, it has been developing tourism since the late 80s of the last century, and has successfully transformed into a sustainable rural tourism destination with its elegant architecture and idyllic scenery in southern Anhui.
- United Nations World Tourism Organization
The picture shows the rape flowers in full bloom in Xidi Village, attracting tourists to come and watch.
Photo by Amin Schober, Austrian manager of Yixian Alina Garden B&B
A few years ago, I chose to settle in the countryside of Huangshan in Anhui Province and live a comfortable and happy life with my family. As long as I have free time, I will take my camera to Xidi Village and record all kinds of beautiful scenery in the village with my lens: white walls and black tiles, carved beams and warped buckets, and colorful flowers in full bloom...... In recent years, many villagers have renovated their houses to start a homestay business, and local local products such as bamboo shoots and edamame tofu have become best-selling tourist products, and the unique charm of Xidi Village has made the villagers' lives better and better.
Dazhai Village, Longsheng Autonomous County, Guilin City, Guangxi
It is located in the alpine mountainous area of northern Guangxi, with beautiful mountains and rivers, a forest coverage rate of 75.6%, and rich tourism resources, especially the Longji Terraces, a system of "Globally Important Agricultural Cultural Heritage". Through the integrated development of "agriculture + tourism", Dazhai Village has strengthened the protection of terraced fields while adhering to agricultural production, so as to ensure the simultaneous and sustainable development of agricultural production and tourism development.
- United Nations World Tourism Organization
The picture shows Dazhai Village, located in the depths of the Longji Rice Terraces.
Photo by Russian tourist Vladislav Poleutsky
From the foot of the mountain to the top of the mountain, the Longji Terraces are layered and twisted, as if it is a huge ladder, beautiful and shocking, and Dazhai Village is located in the middle. Local villagers work hard to build canals, divert water to the fields, and use the mountain terrain and water conservancy wisdom to cultivate crops to make crops grow and multiply. Nowadays, the traditional agricultural production method attracts many tourists to watch and experience, and the magnificent terraced landscape and the unique Hongyao ethnic customs complement each other, making people forget to return.
Jingzhu Village, Wulong District, Chongqing
With the theme of "Pastoral + Paradise + Manor", it has created an artistic pastoral complex based on agriculture and a variety of ethnic characteristics - Guiyuan Town, which regularly holds village dance parties, concerts and cultural activities with Bayu characteristics.
- United Nations World Tourism Organization
The picture shows tourists reading in the library in Guiyuan Town, Jingzhu Village.
Photo by James Alexander, a British journalist at the Western International Communication Center
Rural tourism creates a large number of employment opportunities, attracts more young people to return to their hometowns to start businesses, and drives infrastructure construction, improves the overall rural environment, and promotes economic diversification. In the 21 years I have lived in Chongqing, I have found that there are many beautiful villages and towns built on the mountain side of this mountain city, and Jingzhu Village is one of them. Embracing the gifts of nature such as forests, alpine meadows, sinkholes, and canyons, restoring the rural life with fireworks and human touch, and introducing modern creativity to recreate the public cultural space, Jingzhu Village is full of vitality.
Since 2021, when the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) launched the "Best Tourism Villages" selection, China has been selected as the "Best Tourism Villages" in a total of 8 places, ranking first in the world. These villages show a beautiful picture of the comprehensive revitalization of China's rural areas, attracting more and more foreign friends to enter them.