Chinese Open Homes To Olympic Tourists

by Anthony Kuhn, NPR

Beijing has built a lot of fancy new hotels to accommodate throngs of visitors expected for the summer Olympic Games. But culturally curious visitors also have the option of staying with a local family. Hundreds of Beijing households will open their doors to over a thousand foreign visitors for a modest fee to stay in courtyard and apartment residences.

Broadcast Dates

• Morning Edition, July 22, 2008