Abstract:

As people’s living standards continue to improve and the number of people pursuing leisure travel increases, the homestay consumption has undergone diverse changes. After more than 10 years of rapid development, the number of homestay inn in China is among the highest in the world. However, the undifferentiated support by local governments in pursuit of economic benefits has led to a low industry threshold and uneven quality of rural homestay inn. This study illustrates the current situation of homestay inn in China according to the types of rural residential buildings, and based on different leisure modes, studies how to integrate homestay products and design leisure scenes in rural residential buildings, thus changing the current homogenization of homestay inn design, and providing corresponding theoretical support for the sustainable and healthy development of homestay inn in China.

Key words: rural area, residential building, homestay inn, leisure scene, design strategy