Aerial photo taken on Jan. 9, 2020 shows a view of Yandunjiao Village of Rongcheng, east China's Shandong Province.(Xinhua/Hou Dongtao)
Since the coastal village in Shandong provides a comfortable environment for swans in the winter, swans also bring vitality and boost tourism to benefit the villagers here.
RONGCHENG, Jan. 17, 2020 (Xinhua) -- Yandunjiao, a coastal village in Shandong, is full of vitality as many swans winter here. At the end of 2014, the high-speed train service between Qingdao and Rongcheng was launched and numerous tourists have come here to view swans, taste local delicacies and experience homestay in seaweed-roofed houses.
Yu Haiyang, a native villager who once worked in Singapore after graduation, returned to his hometown and started a homestay business with his mother as local agro-tourism booms.
Currently, over 70 households in Yandunjiao run homestays, and more than 95 percent villagers are engaged in agro-tourism. The per capita income has tripled that of the traditional fishing industry.
Yu Haiyang dries mackerels in the yard in Yandunjiao Village of Rongcheng, east China's Shandong Province, Jan. 12, 2020. (Xinhua/Sui Xiankai)
Yu Haiyang introduces special dishes to a customer in Yandunjiao Village of Rongcheng, east China's Shandong Province, Jan. 12, 2020.(Xinhua/Guo Xulei)
Yu Haiyang cans shrimp sauce in Yandunjiao Village of Rongcheng, east China's Shandong Province, Jan. 12, 2020. (Xinhua/Wang Kai)
Yu Haiyang serves dishes for customers in Yandunjiao Village of Rongcheng, east China's Shandong Province, Jan. 12, 2020.(Xinhua/Guo Xulei)
Aerial photo taken on Jan. 9, 2020 shows a view of Yandunjiao Village of Rongcheng, east China's Shandong Province. (Xinhua/Hou Dongtao)
Yu Haiyang cans shrimp sauce in Yandunjiao Village of Rongcheng, east China's Shandong Province, Jan. 12, 2020. (Xinhua/Wang Kai)
Zhao Jinlan, Yu Haiyang's mother, makes the bed at homestay in Yandunjiao Village of Rongcheng, east China's Shandong Province, Jan. 12, 2020.(Xinhua/Sui Xiankai)
Yu Haiyang introduces homemade dried mackerels to a customer in Yandunjiao Village of Rongcheng, east China's Shandong Province, Jan. 12, 2020.(Xinhua/Guo Xulei)
Yu Haiyang serves dishes for customers in Yandunjiao Village of Rongcheng, east China's Shandong Province, Jan. 12, 2020.(Xinhua/Guo Xulei)
Yu Haiyang and his mother work in their yard in Yandunjiao Village of Rongcheng, east China's Shandong Province, Jan. 12, 2020.(Xinhua/Wang Kai)
Yu Haiyang and his mother air sheets in their yard in Yandunjiao Village of Rongcheng, east China's Shandong Province, Jan. 12, 2020.(Xinhua/Guo Xulei)
Zhao Jinlan, Yu Haiyang's mother, presents raw ingredients to a customer in Yandunjiao Village of Rongcheng, east China's Shandong Province, Jan. 12, 2020.(Xinhua/Wang Kai)
Yu Haiyang hangs light decorations at his homestay in Yandunjiao Village of Rongcheng, east China's Shandong Province, Jan. 12, 2020.(Xinhua/Sui Xiankai)■
