Rural tourism snaps into place

A county is making the most of its picturesque views by making life easy for photographers

HEFEI - Home to two world cultural heritage villages, Xidi and Hongcun, and many ancient Hui-style buildings built of the Ming and Qing dynasties (1368-1911), as well as beautiful natural scenery, Yixian county has many picturesque views that make it a paradise for photographers.

And in recent years, the county in East China's Anhui province has been rolling out favorable measures to develop photography tourism. Among them, it has selected 23 locations as "Best Photo Spots", where tourists can easily take pictures of particularly scenic views and it has launched 25 photography themed tours, such as "Autumn of Tachuan" and "Hui-style Architecture", to support local photography tourism.