Southern China's Hainan province is to expand its international flight routes to 100 in the next two to three years.
China's inland pilot free trade zones are deploying more resources to invest in airport extensions and logistics projects to turn themselves into "China's Memphis" - to compete with free trade zones near the coast.
The United Kingdom and China have agreed to raise the limit on the number of direct weekly flights between the two nations to 150 from 100.
Hainan Airlines, China's largest private airline, said it plans to launch more direct flights to the countries and regions involved in the Belt and Road Initiative, and to further expand cooperation with overseas tourism groups, hotels and in-flight catering providers.
The number of overseas tourists to China's southern island province of Hainan this year has surpassed one million, Hainan Tourism Development Committee said Wednesday.
The Hainan Provincial Tourism Development Commission recently held a promotion event in Shenzhen, in Guangdong province, with about 200 foreign guests.
Underwater robots will be used to monitor and safeguard marine ranching around Wuzhizhou Island, a 5A tourist resort in Sanya, said Yang Xiaohai, general manager of the tourism company on Tuesday at an international meeting on local government partnerships in environmental management for the seas of East Asia held in Sanya.
