Green industries blossom in small southern town

Luxi village, another village in Jingde county, has made its tea fields a rising spot for rural tourism. Visitors can have fun picking tea leaves and the accommodation is guaranteed by the home-stay guesthouses run by the villagers. Such scenic spots built with distinctive local features are thriving across the county.

Overall, the number of tourist attractions in Jingde that are included in the country's five-tier scenic spot rating system has increased from 4 to 55 over the past four years. The number of beds in village family inns has increased from 628 to 4,246. In 2018, tourist numbers and income achieved a year-on-year increase of 31.66 percent and 30.5 percent, respectively.