Living attractions help boost incomes among island's ethnic groups

Few people get as up close and personal with Hainan's tourists as Su Yingli.

Hundreds of visitors pass through the 63-year-old widow's living room every day just to look at her and see how she lives.

Although she has lived in the house all her life, the Binlang Valley Cultural Tourism Zone in Baoting county - a multimillion-dollar theme park dedicated to the Li and Miao ethnic groups - was built around it 18 years ago.