By YANG CHENG in Tianjin | China Daily | Updated: 2021-05-01 09:15 Share CLOSE
Zhou Yunlong, a native of Xijingyu village, in the Jizhou district of Tianjin, is delighted to see that his first-year business revenue from the homestay he runs in his village reached 200,000 yuan ($30,500) amid the pandemic last year.
He chose to quit working in large cities and return to his hometown to start up the homestay businesses in 2019, eyeing the booming tourism sector in his previously secluded and much less known mountainous village.
Zhou said the upgraded expressway, the Tianjin-Jizhou Expressway, as well as the growing expressway network has benefited the village, where a number of homestays in different styles have been opened, attracting visitors from around the country.
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