Rural tourism: A tourist takes photos at a family-run hostel in Xianrendong village in southwest China's Yunnan province. Residents here have shaken off poverty by developing rural tourism, which takes advantage of natural resources within the Puzhehei scenic area.
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The simple life: An increasing number of Chinese tourists are visiting farms and enjoying fresh produce, like this bumper harvest of persimmons at a fruit garden in Shufeng Village in eastern China.
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Back to their roots: Experts said China's increasingly urbanized citizens are tired of complicated entertainments and are looking for something more wholesome. These tourists are painting from nature at Xiaolingnan in eastern Anhui province.
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Escape from Covid: With dense cities increasingly worrying for people afraid of catching the coronavirus, isolated and scarcely-populated tourist sites are very popular in China, like this countryside hostel in southwest China's Guizhou province.
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Harvests and animals: Among the activities on offer in rural tourist sites are petting animals, harvesting food and staying in farmhouses. Here, visitors feed alpacas at a rural tourism complex in northern China's Hebei province.
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Upscale rural living: As demand for countryside tourism has grown, rural areas have upgraded their facilities and attractions. In this photo, tourists visit a flower and wood art garden at Wenhua village in central Sichuan province.
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Poverty alleviation: Rural tourism isn't just popular--it is part of the Chinese government's plans to lift every citizen in the country of absolute poverty. This tourist is posing at a recently renovated dam in southern China's Guangdong province.
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Bright future ahead: Tourism experts expect that with international travel still difficult amid the Covid-19 pandemic, countryside travel was only likely to get more popular in 2021. These tourists are enjoying an adventure activity at the Qiandao Lake Stone Forest scenic area in eastern China's Zhejiang province.