Learning English at the restaurant, Sun Min, a local cafe owner, is happy to see increasing numbers of foreign tourists visiting the village.

In recent years, new businesses, including homestays, have been flourishing around Huangshan Mountain amid the country's rural vitalization drive, creating more jobs for villagers and improving their incomes.

Known as a tourist city with dozens of national-level tourist spots, Huangshan saw a significant rise in revenue from January to June, seeing about 40.5 million tourists with a total tourism revenue reaching 37.33 billion yuan, according to official statistics.