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Hainan Island Travel Tips/Local Travel Information, Tips on how
to make a good holiday on Hainan Island
Entry Requirements
to Hainan Island & Customs of Hainan
Island:
is my
one-entry visa valid for Hainan Island?
Language
of Hainan Island
Payments
Method in Hainan Island
Money Exchange
in Hainan Island
Taxes & Safety on Hainan Island
Emergency
Telephone Calls in Hainan Island
Internet
Connections/Broadband/Wireless connections/Internet café
Malaria Problem in
Sanya Hainan Island
Bed & Breakfast: clean &
fresh,western breakfast, right on beach
Visa Policy/Entry Requirements
to Hainan Island & Customs of Hainan Island:
Hainan Island is part of China, so your
single-entry visa for China is also valid
for Hainan Island. For example, you got single entry visa to
China and entered China in Beijing. From Beijing, you could fly
to , no request for visa. Then you could also travel back
to Beijing or any other cities on Mainland China, no request for
visa.
Hainan Island is
open to the whole world. Visitors who wish to stay on
Hainan Island for 30 days on business or pleasure from countries
and regions with diplomatic or official relations with China can
obtain a travel visa or landing visa upon arrival at the ports Haikou
& Sanya, and Visitors
wishing to stay more than 30 days can apply for an extension to
their visa with appropriate reasons supplied to authorities. But
the landing visa is only valid for Hainan Island. If you wish to
visit other part of China, you have to apply for visa at the
local authorities.
Starting
from
August.16th,
2010, 2
visitors
traveling
together
from the
following 26
countries
don't need
visa to
visit Hainan
Island and
they could
stay as long
as 21 days
on Hainan
Island:
South Korea,
Japan,
Russia
Federation,
Malaysia,
USA,
Singapore,
Germany,
Thailand,
UK, Canada,
France,
Australia,
Indonesia,
Sweden,
Italy,
Netherlands,
Spain,
Switzerland,
Austria,
Philippines,
New Zealand,
Finland,
Demark,
Norway,
Ukraine and
Kazakhstan.
It's the
first
foreign visa
waiver
program to
be
implemented
by the
Chinese
government.
The Hainan
provincial
government
has unveiled
new
regulations
to regulate
and manage
visa waivers
for foreign
tour groups
visiting the
popular
holiday
destination.
The policy
highlights
three
benefits for
visiting
tour groups.
Tour groups
from 26
countries
can now
obtain the
waiver
through
local travel
agencies.
Visitors
from Taiwan
can apply
for the visa
endorsement
at entry
ports to the
mainland.
The new
regulations
require
travel
agencies to
provide
information
to
government
departments,
including
the details
of travelers
including
name,
birthday,
nationality,
passport no.
and
accommodation
addresses as
well as
inbound and
outbound
travel
details.
In
addition, according to the relevant regulations, from 2001, the
travelers are allowed to stay in Hainan for up to 15 days
without China Visa, if they have organized a group tour (minimum
5 people traveling together) withon Hainan Island by the
certified travel agencies, and are from these 21 countries, i.e.,
Japan, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Korea, Philippines,
Indonesia, Germany, England, France, Australia, Italy, Russia,
Switzerland, Sweden, Spain, Holland, America, Canada, Austria
and New Zealand. But the agencies must pass the name list and
travel schedule to the local costumes before the group arrival.
Residents of Hong Kong and Macao and overseas Chinese can enter
Hainan Hainan Island using their Chinese passport or other
certified travel documents. Residents of Taiwan can apply for a
special single-entry travel certificate at the ports of Haikou
or .
Language
of Hainan Island
Mandarin is our official language. In most of 4 and 5 star
resorts, the management and staff can communicate in English.
But don’t expect any staff in a department store, local
restaurant or shopping mall to understand English. No drivers
understand English. So we suggest that you get name cards for
your destinations like a restaurant or a supermarket so that you
could show the taxi driver. If you don’t book airport pick up,
please make sure that you have a copy of the hotel/resort
address in Chinese. No taxi drivers could understand any
English.
Payments Method on Hainan Island
Cash is
always the most popular way to make payment and it is the
easiest way. You could pay by credit card in 4-5 star hotels.
For dining outside the hotels, renting a car, airline ticket
purchasing and shopping, cash payments are requisite.
ATM is very popular now on Hainan Island. You could draw cash from
your debit card or credit card. The daily amount you could draw
is limited. If you wish to draw cash from your credit card in a
bank office or get exchanges, a copy of your passport is a must.
Money Exchange on Hainan Island
Exchange service is available in most
of the hotels and all banks. The exchange rate fluctuates with
international market conditions.
Please note you
can change money only in the hotels you stay and you need to
show your passport. And the kind of changeable currency is
limited. Also, and extremely important - Chinese banks are
extremely fussy about the condition of any currency. They refuse
to accept any foreign currency that is even very slightly torn,
marked, written on, or defaced in any way. Any sticky tape on
notes will also result in them being refused for exchange. So do
ensure that you only bring pristine foreign currency paper
notes.
To know more about the
exchange rate, please check out from
Bank of China.
In most hotels, you could exchange the
following currency into RMB: USD, EURO,
GBP, HKD, SGD,
JPY, AUD, CAD, DKK.
Taxes
on Hainan Island
has no VAT (value added tax). All the
rates quoted include tax except a local tax of 2-11 per guest
per night (varying according to the rating of hotels). This
local tax may be included in rates quotes - but always request a
written or email confirmation.
Safety & Security on Hainan Island
Keeping safe in is simple. Just
follow the same common sense rules that you would follow
anywhere. Lock your car and keep your valuables within sight and
reach. Use the safe box in your room or at the reception in the
hotels. Contact the Assistant Manager at your hotel anytime you
need assistance.
Emergency Telephone Calls on Hainan Island
Dial 110 for
police, 119 for fire and 120 for ambulance. on Hainan Island, ocean safety is very important.
Most of the resorts will advise guests by flags with different
colors. If advised not to swim, please do not go. Please note
that the hotels are not providing a safe guard, so swimming, as
in most places around the world, is at your own risk.
Remember, whenever there is an emergency,
please call the assistant manager of the hotel where you stay.
Don’t call the emergency center as they don’t understand English
Internet Connections/Broadband/Wireless connections/Internet
café on Hainan Island:
Internet access or
connection is not a problem on Hainan Island. Broadband is
available in most hotels and resorts. Some of them offer free,
some of them charge. Some hotels even provide computer in the
room or wireless internet access in the lobby. If this is
essential for your stay on Hainan Island, please check with your selected
hotel before confirming your reservation. Internet café is still
hard to find. If you stay in Dadonghai Beach, please visit
SUNNY SANYA FAMILY INN for
any local information you need. They speak good English.
Entry Requirements
to Hainan Island & Customs of Hainan Island
Language of Hainan Island
Payments Method on
Hainan Island
Money Exchange on Hainan Island
Taxes & Safety on Hainan Island
Emergency Telephone Calls on Hainan Island
Internet/Broadband/Wireless connections/Internet café on Hainan Island
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