Asia Travel Guide

China to develop Hainan Island into international tourist destination

admin — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 03:06:15 +0000

The Chinese government is making plans to develop Hainan Island into an international tourist destination like Bali or Hawaii.

Hainan is a popular tourist destination for domestic Chinese travelers and is China’s only tropical island resort. The island received around 20 million visitors in 2008, with just 1 million of them coming from outside of China.

Hainan Island is popular with Russian tourists, but it remains to be seen if the island can appeal to other nationalities.

Disney to open theme park in Shanghai

admin — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 05:05:22 +0000

With its sights set on a potential market of 1.3 billion people, Disney has received government approval to open a theme park in Shanghai, China.

Disney already has a theme park in Hong Kong, but the region is still not easily accessible for mainland Chinese tourists.

It’s a huge investment,” says Shaun Rein, managing director of China Market Research Group in Shanghai. “By allowing this now it gives face to Obama and really shows that China and the U.S. need to work together to get out of this financial malaise.”

Bali airport expansion to begin next year

admin — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 06:47:15 +0000

Bali’s International airport is experiencing high levels of growth and needs to be expanded to meet the current and future tourist demand.

The project is estimated to cost US$15million and take 30 months to complete.

The new airport will have a modern design but the interior is planned to have a Balinese design.

Train derails in Hua Hin, Thailand

admin — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 23:57:52 +0000

A train has derailed in the coastal town of Hua Hin. The train was bound for Bangkok and at least seven people have died, with around 60 people injured.

Thailand has been hit by heavy rain recently and it could have be the cause of the accident.