Sanya

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Sanya (Simplified: 三亚; Traditional: 三亞; Pinyin: Sānyà) is the southernmost city in Hainan (海南)province, China and has an area of 1919.6 square km and a population of 536,000 (2006). After Haikou, it is the second most populous city of the island. Sanya is revered for its tropical climate and is a popular tourist destination.

[edit] Sights

A 108-meter Buddhist statue of Guanyin in Sanya, completed in May 2005, is one of the tallest statues in the world.

Yalong Bay is a 7.5km beach located southeast of Sanya City.

[edit] Tourism

In the last few years Sanya developed to become a get away from Hong Kong and a relaxing place for extending a holiday with a long trip back home. The first international Resort hotel was opened and managed by Swiss hotelier N.C.Solari in 1999, in the beautiful location of Yalong Bay.

Nowadays, several international hotel chains have established in what is becoming a world-known destination, especially since the famous beauty pageant Miss World took place there.

It all started with another resort this time in Sanya Bay, the Palm Beach Resort & Spa who welcomed the first Miss China beauty pageant in modern times. The relation created, brought the organizer Miss Julia Morley to decide for Sanya to welcome the international pageant the following year.

[edit] Attractions

• Cape Tian-Ya-Hai-Jiao (天涯海角) The end of sea and sky
• Lu Hui Tou Deer turns it's head a large stone statue above sanya harbour telling the story of a hunter pursuing a deer to an isolated headland in the sea. when the deer couldn't escape it turned to look at the hunter and became a beautiful woman, the hunter couldn't kill her and instead fell in love with her. Luhuitou is a place for lovers many people leave a padlock on a chain at the top of the mountain in the hope that their love will last as the lock remains there.
• Dadonghai (大东海, big east sea)
• Wuzhizhou Island
• Yalong Bay
• The Tiger and Croccodile centre

[edit] Transportation

The city is served by Sanya Phoenix International Airport which is called Sanya Fenghuang International Airport. Buses from other parts of the island serve Sanya's bus terminal, 1 or 2 yuan per journey around the city and plenty of taxis also serve residents and tourists alike. 20-40 Yuan

[edit] Trivia

The city will be the first city to receive the Olympic torch in the 2008 Olympics held in Beijing. In addition, the city has hosted the:

• Miss World contest in 2003, 2004 2005 and 2007
• Mister World 2007 contest
• World's Strongest Man contest in 2006.

[edit] Gallery

Sanya Sunset

Setting Sun Sanya Beach

[edit] External links

• Wide-ranging current information about Sanya
• Photos of Sanya
• Article about Guanyin statue, with pictures (note: the article confuses "Buddha" and "Guanyin")
• Miss World 2004 webpage
• Sanya at hainandiscovery.com
• Sanya at chinavista.com
• Photos of Sanya and Hainan
• Sanya at travelchinaguide.com
• Sanya at ChinaTS.com

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