Ge Qiang, Party chief of the village, said catering businesses, cultural activities and supermarkets had also created jobs for the villagers and people from other places in Xinjiang.

Lodge manager Xia Heng said: "Goods are transported from the nearby county. The transportation cost is very high, but we insist on selling them at a fair price."

The Xinjiang-Tibet Road is 1,455 km long, and along the way there are several snowy mountains and lakes.

According to tourism statistics from Yecheng county, the number of tourists on the route exceeded 150,000 last year and is expected to exceed 390,000 this year, creating 3,680 jobs in the county.