The 2023 Tanmen Beachcombing Festival kicked off on Tuesday morning in Qionghai, Hainan province.
South China's Hainan province is drawing families and students seeking a summer escape, with Hainan's three major airports - Haikou Meilan International Airport, Sanya Phoenix International Airport, and Qionghai Boao Airport - stepping up services to cater to the influx of travelers.
At 10 am, eager tourists rush into the Haikou International Duty-Free Shopping Complex on the west coast of Haikou, capital of South China's Hainan province, ready to embark on their shopping spree in this tropical paradise.
The total import and export of goods in South China's Hainan province hit 115.16 billion yuan ($16.11 billion) in the first half of this year.
From July 1, 2020 to June 30, 2023, Haikou Customs has supervised over 130.7 billion yuan ($18.2 billion) in duty-free sales, with 17.67 million consumers and 175 million products sold.
A total of 100 young entrepreneurs from the SAR recently visited Hainan on the first stop of their tour.
For 37-year-old Huang Wenyu, a professional surfer who grew up in Guting village, near Riyue Bay, Wanning city in South China's Hainan province, surfing and life are inseparable.