CHINA-HAINAN-SANYA-WINTER-TOURISM (CN)

CHINA-HAINAN-SANYA-WINTER-TOURISM (CN)

(231226) -- SANYA, Dec. 26, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Tourists visit a night market in Tianya District of Sanya, south China's Hainan Province, Dec. 20, 2023. Since the beginning of winter, the tourism market in Sanya has been heating up continuously. According to official data, the city witnessed a peak season for tourism since mid-November, which is expected to last until the Spring Festival. (Xinhua/Fan Yuqing)

Tourist resort in China's island province sees travel boom

STORY: Tourist resort in China's island province sees travel boom DATELINE: Feb. 22, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:04 LOCATION: SANYA, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of tourists and tourist sites 2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): LI YANJIAO, Marketing director of Sanya Tianya Haijiao Tourist Area STORYLINE: Tourists have been swarming to Sanya, a popular holiday resort in south China's island province of Hainan after the country optimized its COVID-19 response. Figures released by the city government show, during the Spring Festival holiday, Sanya recorded more than 1.6 million tourist trips, 616,400 more than the number for the same period in 2019. Total tourism revenue stood at 4.87 billion yuan (710 million U.S. dollars), up 25.98 percent year on year. Even weeks after the Spring Festival holiday, tourist attraction sites, hotels and duty-free shops are still packed with people. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): LI YANJIAO, Marketing director of Sanya Tianya Haijiao Tourist Area "Now, we record more than 10,000 tourist