To ease traffic pressure from holiday spenders in Hainan province, airline companies have started to operate more widebody aircraft from the island to help stranded tourists return home sooner, according to the Civil Aviation Administration of China.
Wuzhizhou Island, a major surfing and underwater diving spot, welcomed more than 10,000 tourists a day during the 2018 Spring Festival holiday, drawing crowds with its diverse entertainment, activities and services.
Hainan province saw a growing number of visitors during the 2018 Spring Festival and raked in more than 13 billion yuan ($2.05 billion) in sales.
More than 13,000 vehicles remained in line for ferry transportation from Hainan province on Thursday evening due to heavy fog that continued to affect normal ferry services at Haikou ports, local authorities said.
As the weeklong Chinese New Year holiday comes to an end, a halt of ferry services across the Qiongzhou Strait due to heavy fog created lengthy traffic jams, obstructing more than 10,000 cars that were leaving the southern China region.
A local Hainan steel plate transporter Xinying F069 submerged after colliding with passenger roller Haikou 9 at 00:46 am on Feb 22 at the waters of the New Hai'an Port waterway in Xuwen, Guangdong province, with five people from F069 falling into the water.
As the weeklong Chinese New Year holiday comes to an end, a halt of ferry services across the Qiongzhou Strait due to heavy fog created lengthy traffic jams, obstructing more than 10,000 cars that were leaving the southern China region.
