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A WELCOME NOTE

With the National Day holiday in October showing a remarkable surge in domestic travels, a sign of the revival of the tourism industry, Zhao Xia is looking forward to having lots of guests at her homestay.

Zhao’s old house in Zecheng, a village in Zuoquan County, Shanxi Province in north China, has recently been refurbished, funded mostly by the local government. Two rooms have been modified into guest rooms and the

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