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To be fair, when I was there it wasn’t busy at all. I sure wouldn’t go during Chinese holidays. But I also wouldn’t go to Florida during spring break.
I am assuming that Chinese citizens need to pass through immigratin checkpoints to and from Hainan. If Hainan has all thse visa waiver peoplle running around, what's to stop them from takikng the train to China mainland? It must be something like Mexico, where even Mexicans have to clear to go from the border cities into the Mexican interior.
I am assuming that Chinese citizens need to pass through immigratin checkpoints to and from Hainan. If Hainan has all thse visa waiver peoplle running around, what's to stop them from takikng the train to China mainland? It must be something like Mexico, where even Mexicans have to clear to go from the border cities into the Mexican interior.
Nope, no checkpoints. To use public transport like a train or airplane in China you need to use a passport, I’m not sure if they check visa status. I doubt there is anything to stop someone, except getting deported and not allowed to go back to China.
Nope, no checkpoints. To use public transport like a train or airplane in China you need to use a passport, I’m not sure if they check visa status. I doubt there is anything to stop someone, except getting deported and not allowed to go back to China.
I'm not sure if there's a checkpoint from Hainan, but trains and planes within the mainland check passports but not visa status. However, all hotels I've been to in China check visa status, recording everything from date and port of entry plus a photocopy of the visa itself. Good luck trying to find accommodation if one doesn't have the proper visa.
Exactly, and I'm sure more will be added to the list for Hainan in the future. China-Vietnam relations aren't great atm, but I bet they get added to the list in a short time.
China has been providing more and more visa free access to parts of China for the last few years. 48 hour visa free transits are allowed in almost all the major cities, and I bet that will get expanded either in time or to include larger areas.
China finally opened an official department dealing specifically with foreign visas and immigration.
Hainan has no appeal to most people from Southeast Asia. There are obviously better and cheaper beaches in their own countries (or neighboring countries). I knew people from the Philippines who had been on a cruise ship that stopped by Sanya, and they all said they were so bored that all they did was get an unremarkable massage that also costs more than what they can get from home. And they brought home lots of coconut products that have nice packaging but taste awful.
Hainan has no appeal to most people from Southeast Asia. There are obviously better and cheaper beaches in their own countries (or neighboring countries). I knew people from the Philippines who had been on a cruise ship that stopped by Sanya, and they all said they were so bored that all they did was get an unremarkable massage that also costs more than what they can get from home. And they brought home lots of coconut products that have nice packaging but taste awful.
Sanya is a good choice for Russians and Koreans. Southeast Asians really should not go there.
I think the appeal of Hainan will always be for Chinese people. You still have so many Chinese from inland provinces that have never been to a beach, and with Hainan you don't need to jump through the hoops of applying and paying for a foreign countries visa to travel there (although Thailand is visa on arrival for Chinese). I can't think of anything else from a marketing perspective as to who they think will be going to Hainan in the future besides more Chinese.
Its not cheap anymore, flights to and from everywhere in China are really expensive during the holidays, and there isn't anything to do besides sit on a beach or swim in the hotel pool in Sanya.
Hainan has no appeal to most people from Southeast Asia. There are obviously better and cheaper beaches in their own countries (or neighboring countries). I knew people from the Philippines who had been on a cruise ship that stopped by Sanya, and they all said they were so bored that all they did was get an unremarkable massage that also costs more than what they can get from home. And they brought home lots of coconut products that have nice packaging but taste awful.
Yeah, that’s probably true. For me the worst part of Hainan was the food, the worst food I have had in China. Every meal was pretty bad.
I'm not sure if there's a checkpoint from Hainan, but trains and planes within the mainland check passports but not visa status. However, all hotels I've been to in China check visa status, recording everything from date and port of entry plus a photocopy of the visa itself. Good luck trying to find accommodation if one doesn't have the proper visa.
Maybe I’ve never paid attention, but I’ve never noticed hotels checking my visa. Normally they just use the passport number, but perhaps there is more to it then I realized. I’ve also had hotels not register me and instead register me under the hotel manager or employee.
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