Boao International Tourism Forum

• Full text: Hainan Tourism Declaration 2010

Opinion >>

English crucial to Hainan island's tourism plans
My rich aunt in Florida wouldn't blink twice about spending 2,000 yuan a night in Sanya and love it, but she won't be able to buy anything outside the hotel without an interpreter.

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Cooling down in sea

Litchi harvest in Hainan

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Duty-free shopping in sight in Hainan

Hainan to develop ocean travel

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Visa-free tourist arrivals hit 22,359 in Hainan

By July 10, 2010, southern China's Hainan province had received 1,096 visa-free tour groups, with a total 22,359 tourists, according to official figures released by the local government.

Mission Hills to host glittering cast of stars

The Mission Hills Star Trophy invitational golf tournament will be held at the Mission Hills Golf Resort Haikou, in the city of Haikou of Hainan island, from Oct 28-31.

•	Golf lessons tee off in south China school

•	Hainan launches tourism public business platform

•	Sinopec blamed for car problems

•	Public toilet is a new symbol of Hainan

•	Hainan offers better experience

•	English crucial to Hainan island's tourism plans

•	Hainan builds welfare apartments to stabilize real estate market

Interviews >>

Feng Shuangbai: Hainan should host int'l dance festival
With an international dance festival, a global audience will be able to relate to the performances and share emotional experiences with the dances.

2010 Forum

• Agenda	• Theme
• Application	• Guests

About the Forum

Boao International Toursim Forum (BITF) is a high-level, international platform for tourism elites around the world.It is an annual event held in the establishment venue of Boao Forum for Asia.

• History	• Organizers
• Initiators	• Members

About Hainan

Hainan Province lies at the southernmost tip of China. Covering a land area of 35,000 sq km and a sea area of approximately 2 million sq km, it is China's second largest island after Taiwan.

• Overview	• History
• Geography	• Economy

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Policies

• Cooperation between Hainan & Hawaii mutually beneficial	• Advertising posters for Hainan int'l tourist island revealed
• Opening gala show for Boao tourism forum to use moving LED screen	• Island asks for 10 years to 'improve'
• Criticism should be motivator for improving tourism in Hainan, says official	• Hainan Power Grid to invest RMB 2.64 bln in power grid

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• Estate bubbles will trap Hainan in another lost decade	• Expensive hotels deter visitors to Sanya
• Hainan curbs speculation in over-heated property market	• What Hainan Island has to offer
• Crazy price for travel in Sanya	• Hainan's tourism orientation: Mediterranean Sea in East Asia

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• Hainan gets new opening-up policy	• China to launch yuan settlement trial, boost tourism in Hainan
• Sany investment environment	• Waiver of visa and visa issuance upon arrival