Big plans for tourism in Yunnan province

"Now, more residents are working in the park. Our incomes have improved a lot," said Yi Xi, a resident of Luorong, a Tibetan village located in the Potatso National Park of Shangri-la city, Diqing Tibetan autonomous prefecture.

"In the past, my family's main source of income was animal husbandry and picking matsutake. Since the establishment of the national park, we have extra regular salaries and subsidies," he said.