A dynamic approach boosts tourism of coastal city in Hainan

24-02-23

Imagine a place where you can ride a motorboat in the blue sea, sip coffee while reading in a seaside bookstore, enjoy a candlelight dinner or simply unwind with some self-brewed tea on the beach under the starry night sky.

Such is the beauty of Tianya Haijiao, or "Edges of the heaven, corners of the sea," a famous tourist attraction in Sanya, a coastal resort city in south China's Hainan Province. In the past, the site mainly relied on its sea views to attract visitors, but nowadays, it offers a variety of tourism programs, as Sanya increasingly looks to refine its tourism sector.

"In Sanya, I get to visit the Buddhist site to pray in the morning, take a boat ride at noon and tour the sea park at night," said a tourist surnamed Li who come from Beijing. "It's amazing."