Basketball tournament a slam dunk for rural economy in...
China News
May 1, 2023
Taipan Village, in Southwest China's Guizhou Province, is building out its tourism sector after a video of its annual basketball tournament went viral last fall. From merchandise stores, to accommodations, entrepreneurial villagers are taking advantage of the increase in visitors ahead of this year's tournament. Appropriately nicknamed the VBA, as a nod to the NBA, the Village Basketball Association official store sells products that incorporate ethnic Miao traditions.