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China’s Hainan is benefiting from a domestic tourism boom, but will its moment in the sun last?




China has long had high hopes for international tourism in Hainan. In 2009, plans to transform the tropical island province into a desirable overseas destination by 2020 were announced. “But 2020 has arrived and failure to fulfil the island’s potential has not been for want of Beijing’s support,” reported the South China Morning Post in October. Not that Hainan has been lacking in visitors. According to Chinese tabloid the Global Times, “More than 83 million tourists from home and abroad…



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