Tourism lifts poor community

Local government has poured 230m yuan into improving infrastructure

Dakdong village, deep in the mountains of Lhasa, capital of the Tibet autonomous region, used to be poverty-stricken but now reaps millions of yuan every year as a major rural tourism destination, featuring peach picking, camping and a hot spring.

Nyima Yudron, 31, used to live in a stone house in the village with six family members, including two children, her parents and a younger brother.