Boutique B&Bs lead mountain village's revival

With its natural scenery and exquisite B&Bs, Nanyu village has become popular online, attracting many tourists from the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region.

At the end of 2018, the village was officially declared to have been lifted out of poverty. Its boutique B&Bs have also generated good economic benefits. By 2021, they had brought in cumulative revenue of more than 11.6 million yuan, 1.8 million yuan of which has been distributed as dividends.

In recent years, Nanyu has been declared a "national rural governance model village" and a "provincial beautiful village", among other honors. It now has 70 medium and high-end B&Bs with more than 400 rooms, and attracts around 30,000 tourists a year.

At present, the county has 500 B&Bs, mostly family-run, said Li Weimin, director of Laishui county's culture, radio, television and tourism bureau. In 2021, the county's B&B revenues rose to more than 41 million yuan, creating jobs for some 1,300 people, and resulting in social benefits of more than 100 million yuan.