Haikou

Haikou, famously called the "Coconut City", is the capital of Hainan Province and an important gateway of the Hainan Free Trade Port. It enjoys a pleasant tropical marine climate with fresh air, mild year-round temperatures and beautiful coastal scenery. Boasting iconic coconut-lined coasts, golden beaches, Historic Qilou Streets and unique volcanic landscapes, Haikou blends natural beauty, profound local culture and vigorous modern development. As a popular tourist and livable coastal city, it features sound ecology, open development and warm hospitality, attracting visitors and talents from all over the world.

Historic Qilou Streets

Historic Qilou Street, one of China’s first batch of Famous Historical and Cultural Streets, is the largest and best-preserved Nanyang-style arcade architectural complex in China, stretching along Deshengsha Road, Zhongshan Road and Bo’ai Road with nearly 600 arcade buildings in total. Most of these two-to-five-story buildings were constructed by overseas Chinese returning from Southeast Asia from the 1920s to the 1940s, blending Chinese traditional carved patterns, European Baroque facades and Southeast Asian decorative features. The covered continuous colonnades adopt the classic "shops downstairs, residences upstairs" layout, sheltering pedestrians from intense sunshine and rain. Scattered with Tianhou Palace, the site of the First Qiongya Congress of the CPC and time-honored local food shops, the old street retains vivid century-old port commercial atmosphere and rich overseas Chinese folk customs, where visitors can experience authentic Haikou humanistic fireworks and cross-cultural architectural aesthetics.

Leiqiong UNESCO Global Geopark

Leiqiong UNESCO Global Geopark is China’s only UNESCO-certified tropical urban volcanic geopark, formed by volcanic eruptions tens of thousands of years ago. Covering an area of 186 square kilometers, it preserves more than 40 complete volcanic cones and over 30 lava tunnels, covering almost all types of basalt volcanoes on earth. Ma’an Ridge, the core scenic spot, features intact crater landforms surrounded by dense tropical rainforests, and ancient villages built entirely with black volcanic stone have stood here for over 800 years. Standing on the crater viewing platform, visitors can overlook the whole Haikou urban area and the blue Qiongzhou Strait. Integrating unique volcanic geology, primitive ecological landscapes and local stone village culture, the geopark is a natural volcanic science museum and a top leisure destination for geological sightseeing.

Hainan Museum

Hainan Museum, a national first-class comprehensive museum and 4A-level scenic area located on Guoxing Avenue, is the authoritative cultural window to learn about Hainan’s history and marine civilization. With a construction area of 44,500 square meters, it collects more than 28,000 cultural relics, including precious porcelain salvaged from the Southern Song Huaguang Reef No.1 ancient shipwreck, rare agarwood and yellow sandalwood collections. Its core permanent exhibitions such as Maritime Civilization of the South China Sea and Hainan Folk Customs Exhibition systematically display Hainan’s ancient development, overseas Chinese migration history, Li and Miao ethnic customs and the splendid story of the Maritime Silk Road. Open to the public for free with reservation, the museum comprehensively presents the unique island and marine culture of Hainan through abundant cultural relics and immersive exhibition scenes.