China embraces rural tourism boom amid COVID-19: US media


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Buildings are reflected in the water in Tianpudawan, a traditional village in Tianpu township of Xinxian county, Central China's Henan province, on April 22, 2021. WASHINGTON - China is in the middle of a rural tourism boom amid the COVID-19 pandemic, CNN reported on Tuesday. Chinese-owned Trip.com, one of the world's largest online travel agencies, said that by March 2021, rural tourism trips in China had increased by more than 300 percent year-on-year, CNN said in a report. In recent days, Chinese tourists are heading not just to domestic historic and natural wonders - some are looking for something a...