Toruk–The First
Flight, a live multimedia immersive show, will be arriving on the city’s shores
from February 1. The show is produced by Canadian acrobatic dance troupe Cirque
du Soleil, and will make a three-month stop on the island.
Hainan province’s
Sanya, often known as “China’s Hawaii”, will be ringing in key international
shows and attractions, and a new 900km road on the tropical island, in the
hopes to entice more visitors this year.
Toruk–The First
Flight, a live multimedia immersive show, will be arriving on the city’s shores
from February 1. The show is produced by Canadian acrobatic dance troupe Cirque
du Soleil, and will make a three-month stop on the island.
A total of 120
performances will be presented till May 1, and tickets are priced from 420 yuan
(US$66.66) to 1,720 yuan.
Organisers say it
is expected to attract 300,000 spectators during the three-month run in
Sanya.
In addition to
bringing in the show to Sanya, Fosun Group, an investment company and business
partner of Cirque du Soleil, has
also invested 11 billion yuan to build an Atlantis resort, reported China
Daily.
The landmark
project will feature water play, exotic and marine exhibits and dining
experiences along a more than 10km stretch along the Haitang Bay, with
construction ongoing since 2015.
The entertainment
complex is expected to welcome its first guests this year.
The city has also
invested 13.5 billion yuan in a 900km-long tourist road circling the island
that will connect the 12 major coastal cities and counties of the island.
These cities
include Haikou, Wenchang, Qionghai, Wanning, Lingshui, Sanya, Ledong,
Changjiang, Danzhou, Lingao and Chengmai, in the near future.
Sun Ying, director
of the Hainan Provincial Tourism Development Commission, said that Hainan will
invest a total of 839.3 billion yuan during the 13th Five-Year Plan period
(2016-2020).
The fund will go
towards developing large theme park projects, rainforest theme parks and
wetland national parks, new-feature tourism products, cruise tours, island
tourist ring roads and greater international tourism marketing in the next five
years.
Air connectivity
continues to ascend with 56 new air routes opened by late last year. The new
routes connect Hainan with Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan, and international
destinations including Russia, South Korea, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore and
Germany.
By 2020, the
number of international flight routes is expected to increase to 100, according
to Liu Cigui, Party chief of Hainan.