HAIKOU, China, Dec. 14, 2017 /Xinhua-AsiaNet/--
On
December 6, the inbound visits received by Hainan International Tourism
Island went beyond 1 million as UT725 Flight (Moscow - Sanya) landed at
Sanya Phoenix International Airport.
According to Hainan
Tourism Development Commission, Hainan Province received 53,448,000
visits between January and October this year, with a year-on-year
increase of 12.4%. It reached a total tourism revenue of RMB 63.76
billion, with a year-on-year increase of 25.4%. The inbound visits were
887,700, a rise of 57.1% based on the previous year. The foreign
exchange earnings from tourism were USD 551,626,000, increased by 128.8%
year on year. By December 2017, the inbound visits of Hainan have gone
beyond 1 million, reaching the goal of “achieving 1 million inbound
visits by 2020” 3 years in advance.
The CPC Hainan Provincial
Committee and the People’s Government of Hainan Province have given much
importance to internationalizing the tourism in Hainan, advancing the
internationalization of Hainan tourism market, issuing the
Implementation Plan on Hainan Province Internationalizing Tourism and
Developing Inbound Tourism and implementing supportive measures for
expanding inbound tourism market and financial subsidy policies for
civil air passenger service, in a bid to stimulate the enthusiasm and
confidence of provincial tourism enterprises to develop inbound tourism
market. By now, Hainan has opened 56 international direct flights to
Hainan to ensure the sustainable growth of its inbound visits. Besides,
Hainan will vigorously expand its overseas air lines and build an
aviation hub with the goal of “opening 100 overseas air lines by 2020”.
It will develop and internationalize its inbound tourism by upgrading
“visa-free policies, air lines, sales and services” so as to make the
tourism service of Hainan International Tourism Island more
international and accelerate the construction of a world-class island
leisure resort.
Source: Hainan Tourism Development Commission
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