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welcome to the southernmost tropical seaside tourism city in China-Sanya!Sanya lis as same as Hawaii,Sanya owns incredible abundant ocean resources, as if a blue gem gracing the south China waters.It’s four –summer-like seasons make the city green throughout the year, annual average temperature is 25.4°.Sanya’s air quality ranks the best in China and the second best in the world, which is regarded as being exportable to the world.Sanya is the world’s most promising tourist destination, China’s tropical gateway, the world’s holiday heaven. Endowed with 10 prime tourist recources, sunshine, seawater ,beaches, forest, animals, hot springs, grottoes, country views, ethnic culture and relics, Sanya enjoys the most abundant, densest, most complete and most natural tourist resources as a tropical beachfront city in China, it’s the forever tropical paradise for the worldwide friends! Introduction to Hainan What do Bali, Fiji, the Maldives, Miami, Hawaii, Phuket and Hainan Island all have in common? Don’t know? Look at a map. They’re all located at 18du north latitude. In terms of weather and ecology this is the perfect location for a tropical resort. Known throughout China and Asia as the “eco-island” Hainan has a first class natural environment with oceans, wildlife, plant life, mineral and tourism resources. Four seasons of spring like weather contribute to the forest coverage rate of more than 58%. Sun, Sea, Beach, Fresh Air, and a Green Environment are the five necessary factors that make this unique tropical island into an ideal vacation paradise or home. Hainan is that and so much more. It’s also the “sun island”, “healthy island”, “romantic honeymoon island”, ”sports island” and China’s “International Tourism Island”. GeographyHainan Province, also known as or the “Jade Island” is located on the southernmost tip of China. The province includes the main island, the Zhongsha and Xisha Islands. The Spratly Archipelago and the territorial waters surrounding these islands. With the largest ocean area and the smallest land area, Hainan is both China’s largest and smallest province. Taiwan is the only Chinese island larger than Hainan. The provincial capital, Haikou, is located at north end of the island.Population and Ethnic Groups:Thirty seven distinct groups call Hainan home with the Han, Hui, Li, and Miao or Hmong having the largest populations. The total population of Hainan is 8.5 million-1.4million of which are ethnic minorities. With 1.1 million Li resident on Hainan Island the province is famous in China as a Li Minority region. Hainan is also known for its high population of returned Overseas Chinese (more than 1 million) Climate and TemperatureHainan has a tropical monsoon climate, fresh air, plenty of sunshine, abundant vegetation, long summers, and no winters of which to speak. The “sun shine island” gets approximately 300 days of sunshine per year. The mountainous center of the island has the lowest temperatures while the southwestern portion of the island reaches an average annual high of 23.8 du . January’s average temperature is 17.2du. July’s average temperature is 28.4du/EconomyRelying on its unique natural environment Hainan’s economy focuses primarily on tourism, real estate and tropical agriculture. In recent years real estate (especially winter properties) has shown rapid development and booming sales. Tropical fruits seafood, and other agricultural products sell well on both the domestic and international markets The current economy is primarily tourism based as rapid growth in this sector has produced a system capable of providing all the necessary requirements for tourist reception and service. The tourist economy of Hainan is built around five important factors: Food, Housing, Transportation， Travel, Shopping, and Entertainment. The current annual capacity is twenty five million visitors per year. Natural Resources:Hainan’s abundantnatural resources make her rich.。Agricultural products grown on Hainan included bananas, binlang (or betel nut), coconuts, litchi, longan, mangoes and many other varieties of tropical fruit. With large tracts of tropical rainforest still undamaged by many Hainan boasts a forest coverage rate of 58% or more. There are over 4000 types of plants native to the island of which 630 are uniquely Hainanese. The coastline stretches 1528 kilometers with sixty eightnatural harbors. More than 800 different kinds of sea life are found in the waters around Hainan. There are fifty ninedifferent kinds of minerals found on Hainan, thirty six of which are both valuable and found in large enoughquantities to mine. The coastal waters are rich in oil and natural gas of which it is estimated more than 700 billion cubic meters of the 1040 billion cubic meters will be extractable.
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