[Poverty Alleviation Stories] Hunan Province’s Furong Town features cultural tourism to help villagers eat “tourism meals”
[Commentary] Furong Town, Yongshun County, Hunan Province, known for the film "Furong Town", is a "millennium ancient town hanging on a waterfall". Due to its beautiful scenery and more than 2,000 years of historical heritage, in 2007, Furong Town, formerly known as Wang Village, was officially renamed to create a unique cultural tourism industry. With the rise of tourism, more and more local villagers have eaten "tourism meals."
Qin Xiao, 26, is an interpreter in Furong Town. Her hometown is Shidi Town, Yongshun County. Due to poverty, she and her family lived in a humble wooden house. Before she came to work in the scenic area, she found a low-paying job in the county.
[Same period] Qin Xiao, an instructor at Furong Town, Xiangxi, Hunan
The income used to be a little over 1,000 yuan (per month), and now our place is developed in Furong Town. It is through this homestay and this specialty, which is some of the red card punching places, which attracts many tourists. Our living standard has also improved, and now it is almost (monthly) around 3000 (yuan).
[Commentary] In 2013, Qin Xiao came to Furong Town and became a scenic spot interpreter. She told reporters that as the highway was opened, more and more tourists came to Furong Town, which was once "raised in deep boudoirs", to visit ancient streets, taste rice tofu, and enjoy the beauty of the Miao Village on the waterfall.
At this time, the villagers also seized the opportunity, combined with their own characteristics, through the development of bed and breakfasts, catering, selling specialty products, or eating "tourism meals" in the way of working in the scenic spot, one after another to get rid of the poverty that has plagued thousands of years. Qin Xiao also found his home in Furong Town and formed his own family.
[Same period] Qin Xiao, an instructor at Furong Town, Xiangxi, Hunan
Then my mother-in-law was engaged in the catering work of the tourism industry, and then my father-in-law was also a boatman in the "first drift of the world" on the Mengdong River, so my husband was like me, working in our scenic area, he was a security guard, so we The whole family ate this bowl of "tourism rice".
[Commentary] Now, the family of Qin Xiao who is eating "tourism rice" is getting better and better. Not only have he bought new appliances, but also cars. She said that her family is currently planning to buy another house in the town to improve living conditions. The reporter learned that in recent years, a number of characteristic cultural tourism towns represented by Furong Town have emerged in Hunan, which has enriched both villagers and the countryside.
Reporter Xu Zhixiong Liu Man Hunan Xiangxi reported
Editor in charge: [Wang Kai]