Audiences cheer for Team China during an international basketball game at Wuyuanhe gymnasium in Haikou, south China's Hainan Province, July 27, 2026. Hainan is stepping up with efforts to build a world-class destination for international tourism and consumption as a key component of the Hainan Free Trade Port, and to probe for a new path towards high-quality development in its tourism-led consumer economy with distinctive local characteristics.

　　Hainan is projected to annually receive 154 million counts of domestic and international visits by 2030, along with tourism-related revenue of 363 billion yuan (about 53.83 billion U.S. dollars). (Xinhua/Yang Guanyu)

　　Tourists visit the aquarium of Atlantis Sanya in Sanya, south China's Hainan Province, Jan. 15, 2026. Hainan is stepping up with efforts to build a world-class destination for international tourism and consumption as a key component of the Hainan Free Trade Port, and to probe for a new path towards high-quality development in its tourism-led consumer economy with distinctive local characteristics.

　　Hainan is projected to annually receive 154 million counts of domestic and international visits by 2030, along with tourism-related revenue of 363 billion yuan (about 53.83 billion U.S. dollars). (Xinhua/Pu Xiaoxu)