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4月17日
恩陽區下八廟鎮萬壽村顧氏農家院
在疫情影響下探索農家樂
多樣化發展的經驗
在中國國際電視臺報道了
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Coronavirus Pandemic: Farm stays in Sichuan find ways to diversify
China's rural revitalization strategy has seen scores of farm stays emerge -- those are places where urban dwellers can get a taste of life on the farm. But even as the coronavirus risk in some of these areas is deemed low, farm stays are not spared as they've seen a decline in customers as they reopen. CGTN reporter Wei Lynn Tang has more from Enyang District in Bazhong City, Sichuan province.
45-year old Gu Wenli normally doesn't have to cook for his customers personally. But these days, he plays both boss and chef at his farm stay. His 11-year old son helps out when he can. Gu's wife left him years ago. He sees just a table or two of customers a day now, since resuming business on March 10th. A far cry from over 10 tables even on a bad day.
GU WENLI Farm stay owner/operator, Wanshou Village Bazhong City, Sichuan Province "Before the pandemic, we made about 1-thousand US dollars a day during our peak season of January to May. But it's been a month since I reopened the shop. And I have only earned 1-thousand-500 dollars during this entire period. I am "in the red" as they say."
And this is all aside from having to pay rent. Gu's home, which he turned into a farm stay, was provided by the government years ago. But food products and staff expenses, plus a severe lack of customers, have placed great pressure on his business. This has pushed Gu to make changes, and diversify his income stream.
GU WENLI Farm stay owner/operator, Wanshou Village Bazhong City, Sichuan Province "For one, I have lowered my prices. For example, a shredded meat dish now costs 22 yuan instead of 28. I'll take less profit margin to attract more customers. And should things get worse, I plan to expand my farming income. I plan to raise more chickens and grow more vegetables, such that I can also sell to others while at the same time supply them for my own farm stay's use. And above all, I want to learn to promote my farming goods using social media. I've seen how whole chickens can be sold at good prices via short video platforms!"
WEI LYNN TANG Bazhong City, Sichuan Province "Some experts have warned of the possibility of excessive development and supply of farmstays across China. And the COVID-19 pandemic has merely deepened some of the fundamental problems of these farm stays. That said, measures are in place to ensure they operate more sustainably and viably going forward."
XIAO MEI Party Secretary Sankesong Agricultural Sci & Tech Co. "We have been training these farm stay owners in their concepts, and will bring them to visit and learn from other more advanced places such that they can improve their services. Right now, there may be too many restaurants in our scenic spots. But we are still lacking accommodation. We plan to mobilize other homes to tackle this."
People in Wanshou village were lifted out of poverty in 2016. And local officials say the COVID-19 pandemic will not pose the risk of villagers falling back into poverty.
LI YONG Mayor Xiabamiao Town, Sichuan Province "We plan to develop more farm house entertainment avenues, and carry out theme-based activities, such that we can attract more tourists and increase incomes for our villagers. Our per capita income last year had in fact far exceeded our poverty alleviation benchmark."
As for Gu Wenli, he says he is not worried about becoming poor again.
GU WENLI Farm stay owner/operator, Wanshou Village Bazhong City, Sichuan Province "I have transformed my thinking in the past few years. Before operating my farm stay, I never thought of what would happen to my money after using it. But now, I think of investing, of other ways to earn money and to provide for my family. I can't live like I used to, where I am complacent being poor. I actually now think of how to develop myself better, how to better enhance my life."
Having once been the poorest household in this village, Gu has come a long way. WLT, CGTN, Bazhong City, Sichuan province.
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在新冠肺炎疫情形勢下：四川的農家樂在尋找方法擴營增收。
隨著農家樂的出現，中國的鄉村振興戰略卓有成效。那些在都市生活的人們可以親身體驗農村（農場）的生活。一些地區的疫情已經有所緩和，重新開張的農家樂也還是不能倖免——顧客量大大減少。中國國際電視臺記者譚惠蓮在四川省巴中市恩陽區帶來更多報道。
今年45歲的顧文禮平常都不用親自為顧客下廚，但是最近，在自家的農家樂，他同時扮演著老闆和廚師的角色。他11歲的兒子有時也幫忙打下手，顧文禮的妻子在幾年前與他分開。自從3月10日恢復營業以來，現階段每天只有一到兩桌客人，與以前最壞的情況都有10多桌客人對比，差距很大。
萬壽村顧氏農家院的老闆顧文禮說道：“在疫情發生以前，1至5月的旺季期間我們一天差不多可以掙一千美元，但是現在恢復營業一個多月來，我總共只掙了1500美元。像他們說的那樣，我是處於虧損的狀態。”
並且這種情況還沒有算上房租，顧文禮開的農家樂是用他家的房子改造成的，幾年前由政府出資修建。但是，食材、員工工資等開支，加上游客的稀少，給他的生意帶來很大的壓力，這些都促使著顧文禮做出改變來增加收入來源。
顧文禮說道：“我現在的菜都降價了，比如之前一盤肉絲的價格是28元，現在只賣22元了，我收取很少的利潤來吸引更多的顧客。如果情況變得更糟糕，我打算多養一些雞和種更多的蔬菜來增加我的農業收入，這樣在供應農家樂的同時還可以對外銷售。並且，我想學習怎樣通過社交媒體來銷售我家的農產品，我也看到過有些人通過短視頻平臺以很不錯的價格銷售很多雞。”
譚惠蓮說道：“一些專家警告說，中國各地可能會出現過度開發（旅遊資源）和發展農家樂的情況，新冠肺炎疫情的爆發只是加劇了這些農家樂存在的一些根本問題，也就是說，採取相應措施是為了確保農家樂正常且持續的發展。
三棵松農業科技有限公司的黨支部書記肖梅說道：“我們通過對農家樂經營者開展一些培訓，來轉變他們的經營理念，還帶他們去其他更好更先進的地方參觀和學習經驗，以此來提高他們農家樂的服務水平。現在，我們景區有很多農家樂了，但是我們這仍然很缺乏住宿，我們打算動員其他的老百姓來開農家樂，解決缺少住宿這個問題。”
萬壽村於2016年退出貧困村序列，當地的政府官員也說道，（將採取措施確保）這次的新冠肺炎疫情不會使貧困戶返貧。
巴中市恩陽區下八廟鎮的鎮長李勇說道：“我們計劃發展更多的農家樂和餐飲遊樂場所，完善好相應的遊樂設施，這樣我們就可以吸引更多的遊客，以此來增加村民們的收入。事實上，萬壽村去年的人均收入也遠超過國家貧困基準（老百姓生活得越來越好了）”
對於顧文禮，他說他並不擔心再變窮。
他說道：“這幾年，我已經改變了之前的想法，在開農家樂之前，我從來沒有考慮過把錢花了以後怎麼辦。但是現在，我會想到投資，通過其他方式來賺錢養家餬口。我不能像我過去那樣生活了，那個時候我還為作為貧困戶而‘沾沾自喜’。現在，我內心想的就是怎麼樣使我自己發展得更好、怎麼樣來提高我的生活（質量）。”
作為村裡曾經的貧困戶，顧文禮已經走了一大步了……
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