Transportation

By plane:
Traveling by plane is the best way to travel to and from Hainan. Haikou's airport is one of the ten largest in the country and together with Sanya's Phoenix Airport makes Hainan reachable from 39 major Chinese cities (Beijing, Shanghai, Tianjin, Guangzhou, Xi'an, Changchun, Harbin, Qingdao, Chengdu, Chongqing, Kunming, and more).

By train:
Please note that trains are rarely used for passenger travel on Hainan Island. Any trains that are used are industrial or commercial in nature.

By road:
Transportation in Hainan relies heavily on buses, with Hainan's highways and roads totaling as much as 14,000 kilometers. There are also major highways and roads that follow the eastern and western coastlines. The eastern highway is especially convenient and has greatly decreased travel times between Haikou and Sanya. Generally speaking, tourists tend to be driven along the eastern part of the island from Haikou to Sanya. Between the two, there are four destinations worthy of paying a visit : Wenchang, Qionghai, Wanning and Lingshui. The total time to run nonstop through all these places is between six and seven hours and costs RMB120 per person.

By boat:
Hainan is an island province and transportation by sea is vital. Many of Hainan's bays can be reached by boat and Haikou and Sanya are Hainan's major ports. Passenger boats out of these ports are the highest quality and most efficient. Nevertheless, traveling by boat to and from Hainan is quite slow with ferries to Hong Kong and Guangzhou taking 25 hours and leaving only twice per week.

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