China's Hainan sees 31.7 pct surge in inbound visitors in H1 2025

Foreign tourists make purchase at a store in Sanya, south China's Hainan Province, Aug. 8, 2025. Hainan received 652,900 inbound visitors in the first half of 2025, a year-on-year increase of 31.7 percent, according to the Provincial Department of Tourism, Culture, Radio, Television and Sports of Hainan Province. (Xinhua/Guo Cheng)

Foreign tourists have fun at a seashore resort in Sanya, south China's Hainan Province, Aug. 8, 2025. Hainan received 652,900 inbound visitors in the first half of 2025, a year-on-year increase of 31.7 percent, according to the Provincial Department of Tourism, Culture, Radio, Television and Sports of Hainan Province. (Xinhua/Guo Cheng)

A foreign tourist visits a store in Sanya, south China's Hainan Province, Aug. 8, 2025. Hainan received 652,900 inbound visitors in the first half of 2025, a year-on-year increase of 31.7 percent, according to the Provincial Department of Tourism, Culture, Radio, Television and Sports of Hainan Province. (Xinhua/Guo Cheng)

Foreign tourists make purchase at a store in Sanya, south China's Hainan Province, Aug. 8, 2025. Hainan received 652,900 inbound visitors in the first half of 2025, a year-on-year increase of 31.7 percent, according to the Provincial Department of Tourism, Culture, Radio, Television and Sports of Hainan Province. (Xinhua/Guo Cheng)

Foreign tourists have fun at a seashore resort in Sanya, south China's Hainan Province, Aug. 8, 2025. Hainan received 652,900 inbound visitors in the first half of 2025, a year-on-year increase of 31.7 percent, according to the Provincial Department of Tourism, Culture, Radio, Television and Sports of Hainan Province. (Xinhua/Guo Cheng)

Foreign tourists have fun at a seashore resort in Sanya, south China's Hainan Province, Aug. 8, 2025. Hainan received 652,900 inbound visitors in the first half of 2025, a year-on-year increase of 31.7 percent, according to the Provincial Department of Tourism, Culture, Radio, Television and Sports of Hainan Province. (Xinhua/Guo Cheng)