Village to be tourism hotspot

A tourism development company in Chengdu, capital of Sichuan province, has signed an agreement with the Zhaojue county government to turn a formerly inaccessible village into a tourist destination.

The company plans to invest 300 million yuan ($44 million) to tap rich tourism resources such as a canyon, karst caves, hot springs and virgin forests in Atuleer and its two neighboring villages, according to Jin Wenming, an official from the Zhaojue county government in Liangshan Yi autonomous prefecture.

The three villages are inhabited by ethnic Yi people and will be of great appeal to tourists, Jin said.