Hainan Travel guide

Widely known as "the Oriental Hawaii", Hainan Island is a golden travel destination for Chinese, and becomes popular with foreign visitors recently. It is located at south end of China, the second largest island after Taiwan in China and occupies an area of 35,000 square kilometers (13,510 square miles). Hainan now has a population of 7.11 million, among which about one million are ethnic minorities. The island is a popular travel destination that benefits from warm tropical weather and a correspondingly tropical eco-system. It is an ideal place for you to be away from the cold winter. The best time to travel Hainan is between November and March the next year.

Hainan's natural beauty has gained a good reputation among the visitors and it deserves that. Some of its beaches rival Hawaii or Thailand in terms of facilities, world-rated hotels, clean sand and seas. Yalong Bay, Dadonghai, and Sanya Bay are the three main beaches in this island. Exploring the area in the north of Hainan around the capital, Haikou, can be interesting. Haikou is a fun city with good shopping and nightlife yet the best beaches are in the south around Sanya. Qiongzhong is an old county loaded with Li and Miao peoples and comes with old Hainanese buildings in Qionghai town. The hospitable villagers will treat you to traditional food as well as wonderful singing and dancing performances.

The young often travel to Hainan seeking a return to nature while the old would rather live there to enjoy their lives.Those who are fond of swimming will love Hainan. It is your best choice for relaxation and entertainment for being an excellent swimming and bathing place all the year around, and far away from the crowded cities. Now, Hainan is fighting for its way to become an international tourism island, and has recently launched a group of a total of 12 new travel products. Compared with the traditional sightseeing, these new products are more suitable for leisure travel holiday-makers. If you intend to visit this jewel now is the time before it becomes too commercialised.