Ningxia homestays draw increasing crowds

An aerial photo shows the Yellow River homestay clusters in Zhongwei city, Ningxia. The Yellow River homestay clusters, which incorporate Ningxia characteristics, have become a popular holiday resort themed on the desert, as well as the most popular and stylish new tourist attraction in Ningxia in recent years, local authorities said. By restoring 200-year-old villages, the Yellow River homestay clusters have introduced homestays, camping, catering, galleries, bookstores and cultural and creative industries to promote experiences such as desert trips, personalized picnics and visits to prehistoric sites, creating a new, in-depth travel experience in western China. Cai Ju, deputy head of the publicity department of the Communist Party of China Ningxia Hui autonomous region committee and Party chief of the region's department of culture and tourism, said they would continue to promote and develop homestays and rural tours to help further rural vitalization in the months to come. In addition to the clusters by the Yellow River, Zhongwei has completed construction of desert homestay clusters, while Yinchuan, capital of Ningxia, has signed a contract for the Helan Mountain homestay clusters with the goal of creating a world-class wine tourism destination at the eastern foot of the mountains to promote Ningxia's homestay and tourism industries, said Cai.