China National Day holiday 2019 and Golden Week
What is Golden Week? Where to go? How many days do I have off work? Information about China National day
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Author: Jake Canning
Re-cap on the weekend away to Wuzhishan.
The bus pick picked everyone up in Guomao at 8 am on Saturday morning. Once everyone checked their name on
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Old Shanghai food festival kicks off at Shangri-La Hotel, Haikou
On the evening of 16th August, 2019 general managers from forty different brand hotels and some 200 guests from the
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A day trip to Wenchang, Hainan island.
Driving in Hainan. Follow this travel itinerary for where to go in Hainan. Starting in Hainan’s capital, stopping in the historical tourist spot of Puqian, to try some traditional style Hainan foods and then onto the clear water bays of Wenchang.
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Western-style Food Festival in Haikou.
The Haikou International Western Food Festival kicked off this week on Tuesday, 6th August. The festival welcomed around 70 western-style
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Chinese Valentines Day – 七夕 The legend behind the festival
Qi xi festival 七夕 or more commonly known as Chinese Valentine’s Day falls on the seventh day of the seventh
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Hainan promises 1 mill charging stations by 2030. So… where will they go?
Earlier this year, Hainan vowed to put 940,000 electric vehicle charging stations in place by 2030. So where are the
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Sanya to become language barrier-free international city.
Sanya recently announced that it was to turn the city into the first “language barrier-free” international city within the country.
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Haikou to make all buses green by 2020.
Haikou, will work to have all buses in the city run on clean energy by 2020, according to Hainan Daily.
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The Tian Hou Temple, Qi lou, Haikou
The Tian Hou Temple also known as the Goddess temple or Temple of the heavenly mother was initially built 700
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Night Food Market in Haikou
The Hai da Night Market is situated a hundred meters or so from the Hainan University South gate, on Hai
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Hainan to attract foreign talents with new visa policies and temporary driving permits
China’s Ministry of Public Security (MPS) recently announced that as of 1st August 2019, Hainan province will be extending foreign
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Blue-tailed bee-eaters in Haikou
Blue-tailed bee-eaters have been spotted at Wu yuan wetlands park. According to multiple sources, online nearly 200 bee-eaters now reside in the island’s
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Haikou and Sihanoukville, Cambodia connected by direct flight.
A new direct flight was launched on Monday 15th July from Haikou to Sihanoukville, Cambodia. The first outbound flight left
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Haikou leading in China’s big cities with best air quality ranking
The authorities of the administrative center of Haikou city are taking active steps to protect the island’s environment, the Hainan Daily newspaper
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Plans for mandatory household recycling in Hainan by 2020
Local authorities recently announced that they will unveil plans to implement mandatory household recycling rules by 2020. According to the
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2019 – 2020 Round the globe Clipper race stages announced
The 2019 – 2020 around the world Clipper race stages have recently been announced. The competition will take competitors some
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Hainan Museum, Haikou.
If you’d like to know more about Hainan, it’s unique culture, history and its people then step inside the Hainan
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Ancient wells, famous scholars and picturesque views.
Wenshan village is 30 kilometres from Haikou city, located in Xinpo town, Longhua district. The village is 700 years old
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A wonderful day out exploring rural Haikou
We would like to extend a warm welcome out to everyone that attended the recent trip out with The Haikou
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