Real Madrid adds luster to China's 'Orlando' tourist hub

Just a stone's throw across a narrow waterway from the world's largest gambling hub Macao, a former oyster farming island is being transformed into China's newest tourism haven.

Dubbed by some as China's answer to Florida's Orlando - a global tourist magnet with its cluster of major theme parks - Hengqin has seen property prices more than double over the past two years.

While still a dusty mass of construction sites, Hengqin now draws millions annually to its anchor attraction, the "Chimelong Ocean Kingdom" theme park, with a slew of hotel, malls and sprawling residential developments being built nearby.