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Tourism booms on Xinjiang's Pamir Plateau

Villagers walk on a road in Bageaigezi Village of Akto County, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, March 31, 2021. (Xinhua/Zhao Ge)

AKTO, April 1 (Xinhua) -- Local farmers and herdsmen in the mountainous area of Xinjiang's Pamir Plateau have seen their life turning better with the development of tourism and the improvement of infrastructure.

Aerial photo taken on March 31, 2021 shows a farm house surrounded by apricot trees in Bageaigezi Village of Akto County, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. (Xinhua/Zhao Ge)

Visitors take photos under apricot trees in Bageaigezi Village of Akto County, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, March 31, 2021. (Xinhua/Zhao Ge)

Visitors take photos under apricot trees in Bageaigezi Village of Akto County, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, March 31, 2021. (Xinhua/Zhao Ge)

Aerial photo taken on March 31, 2021 shows the scenery of Bageaigezi Village in Akto County, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. (Xinhua/Zhao Ge)

Visitors walk on a road in Bageaigezi Village of Akto County, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, March 31, 2021. (Xinhua/Bai Zhiqiang)

Aerial photo taken on March 31, 2021 shows the scenery of Bageaigezi Village in Akto County, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. (Xinhua/Zhao Ge)

Aerial photo taken on March 31, 2021 shows the scenery of Bageaigezi Village in Akto County, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. (Xinhua/Bai Zhiqiang)

A villager does spring ploughing in Bageaigezi Village of Akto County, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, March 31, 2021. (Xinhua/Zhao Ge)

Visitors enjoy the scenery as herdsmen prepare to pasture in Bageaigezi Village of Akto County, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, March 31, 2021. (Xinhua/Zhao Ge)

A visitor enjoys scenery in Bageaigezi Village of Akto County, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, March 31, 2021. (Xinhua/Zhao Ge)

A villager has a rest under an apricot tree in Bageaigezi Village of Akto County, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, March 31, 2021. (Xinhua/Zhao Ge)

Visitors take photos under apricot trees in Bageaigezi Village of Akto County, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, March 31, 2021. (Xinhua/Zhao Ge)