Known as the "National Seashore Scenic Byway No. 1", what is the origin of this road?

Roads are the main arteries of a city. From the ancient island-circling post roads to the Haiyu East, Central and West lines after the founding of New China , the island-circling expressway started in the 1990s , the island-circling high-speed railway that was fully opened in December 2015 , and the island-circling tourist highway that will be fully opened in December 2023 .

The constantly improving road network epitomizes Hainan's development history. In this issue of "Scientific Hainan Tour", we will learn about the island's tourist highway.

The Hainan Ring Island Tourism Highway is a major infrastructure project that will guide the construction of Hainan Free Trade Port and the creation of an international tourism consumption center. Construction of the project started on December 31, 2020, and the main line of the project was completed on June 30, 2023. On December 18 of the same year, the entire project was opened to traffic.

The Hainan Ring Island Tourism Highway runs through 12 cities and counties including Haikou, Sanya, Danzhou, and Qionghai . The main line is 988 kilometers long and is equipped with 45 observation platforms, 25 parking areas, 66 roadside parking lanes, 14 new energy supply stations, and 8 maintenance areas.

Hainan Island Ring Tourism Highway " selects routes based on scenery and connects scenery with routes ". The project builds a multi-scenic road , a full-area tourism road , and a science and technology smart road . A multi-scenic road means that one-fifth of the road has sea views, and it has cliffs, beaches, wetlands, sand dunes, grasslands, farmlands, forests and other landscapes, initially forming a "pearl necklace" that connects many beautiful views of the island.

The all-region tourism road is to build a "one ring, two cores, four pieces, and full of stars" around the island by building a network and connecting scenic spots. One ring: the island tourism highway. Two cores: Haikou Comprehensive Service Center, Sanya Comprehensive Service Center. Four pieces: the northern leisure and sightseeing tourism area, the eastern health and wellness tourism area, the southern romantic vacation tourism area, and the western cultural exploration tourism area. Full of stars: post stations, camps, beautiful villages, etc.

The technological smart road uses 5G technology, GPS positioning, big data, the Internet of Things and other technological means to carry out pilot projects such as unmanned driving, infinite charging, intelligent management, and real-time monitoring to create a modern smart highway.

The sea of ​​stars, graceful coconut groves, space launches, Nanyang customs, Qiongdao cuisine... On the Hainan Ring Island Tourist Highway, from the city coast to the coconut coast and then to the pastoral coast, you can unlock a new way to experience the island's unique cultural characteristics.

For example, you can be a "fisherman" for a day in the Haikou section. The Haikou section of Hainan Island Ring Tourism Highway passes through the city. The main line is 60 kilometers long, starting from the vicinity of Yatai Hot Spring Hotel in the west and ending at Beigang Island in the east, passing through the West Coast, Haikou Bay, Haidian Island, Xinbu Island, Jiangdong New District and Guilinyang. Facing the sea and listening to the wind, all the coastal romance you want is here, and all the vacation methods you can imagine are available.

In the Wenchang section, you can be a "rocket chaser". After the opening of the Hainan Island Ring Road, more and more tourists have visited Longlou, the "space town" in Wenchang. Especially on the rocket launch day, hundreds of thousands of people flocked to Longlou to watch the rocket launch. Wenchang has also used rocket launches as an engine to stimulate new vitality in cultural tourism consumption.

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