Location: Home > Economic Development > Tourism

As the only tropical province in China, Hainan is blessed with charming tropical island landscape and a pleasant climate, contributing to its unique folklore and culture. It is known as a Chinese all-season garden and a holiday resort for all Chinese.

Tourism is now shaping up to accommodate holidaying tourists, featuring along with the tropical seashore vacationing, spas, golf, scuba diving, tropical animals and plants sites, and the Li and Miao folklore tours.

In 2006, Hainan welcomed about 16.05 million person times, a growth of 5.8% over the previous year; am
- ong which foreign visitors account for 46.57 million person times, a 72.88% increase over the previous
year. The tourism income in 2006 amounted to $229 million, a rise of 73.86% over 2005.