Exploring the Tourism Development Path Based on Modern Border Happy Villages: Taking Shanggang Village in Mohan Town, China Laos Border as an Example

The Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council have always attached great importance to the development of ethnic areas and the construction of border areas, supported the construction of ethnic and border areas, and promoted the process of revitalizing and enriching the people, stabilizing and consolidating borders. Since July 2021, when the Yunnan Provincial Party Committee and Government formulated and issued the “Yunnan Province Plan for Building Modern Border Comfortable Villages”, Yunnan border areas have actively implemented and promoted the construction of modern border comfortable villages to move towards the construction of modern border happy villages, taking into account the local actual situation. With the opening of the China Laos Railway, villages in China Laos border areas have become tourist destinations for domestic tourists, and tourism development has ushered in unprecedented opportunities and challenges. This article takes Shanggang Village, which was surveyed by the author in the field, as an example to conduct a preliminary analysis of the current situation of modern border happy village construction, tourism status, and tourism development paths in Shanggang Village. The aim is to provide certain reference and reference significance for the development of tourism based on the construction of modern border happy villages.