Beautiful Hainan chases outside excellence to go global

Low-altitude flights offer a bird's eye view

Hainan also offers tourists a bird's eye view of some of its most beautiful spots. Tourists can choose either a helicopter or a seaplane to take in the highlights.

Seaplane operator Meiya Air Travel has opened 19 air tour routes.

"Tourists can choose to fly to the Xisha islands in the South China Sea, or see the breath-taking spots in Sanya," said company employee Zhu Jia.

At Haikou, visitors can pay 398 yuan to board a seaplane to witness the grandeur of the volcano park scenery or busy Xiuying port.

Developing MICE tourism

Nowadays Hainan's MICE industry - meetings, incentives, conferencing and exhibitions - has entered a new development period, boosted by international expos and fairs.

More than 746 companies from 30 countries and regions participated in the third Hainan International Tourism Island Expo held recently in Haikou. The expo brought in more than one million visitors.

MICE tourism is one of the new tourism formats that Hainan is going to develop in the next five years, according to the Hainan tourism commission.

The province received more than 67.45 million tourists in 2017, up 12.2 percent year-on-year, contributing 81 billion yuan in revenue.

Yuan shenggao contributed to this story.

(China Daily 02/02/2018 page6)