Bo'ao

Bo'ao (博鳌; Bó​'áo​) is a town on the east coast of Hainan in China. It is administratively part of the county-level city of Qionghai.

Understand
Boao, the seat of the Boao Forum for Asia, has its share of luxury hotels. Tourist facilities are well developed, with heavy overseas Chinese investment.

This article also covers the fishing town of Tanmen (潭门), which is just 10 km north of Bo'ao's downtown area.

Get in
Bo'ao is somewhat over an hour from Haikou and about two hours from Sanya.

Bo'ao airport opened in 2016 with regular flights to Guangzhou, Chongqing, Guiyang, Shenzhen, Zhuhai, Kunming.

Get around
Taxi from Qionghai coach station ¥30-40 (negotiate!). Bus number 2 ¥3.

Bike rentals range around ¥30 per hour or hop a motorcycle taxi for around ¥5 or less per trip to nearly anywhere around Bo'ao.

Buy
There is a duty-free store at the Bo'ao Forum site.

Eat
Boao has everything from five star dining, ocean front seafood dining to local eateries featuring Chinese cuisine from nearly every province. The main street of Boao is lined with outdoor restaurants and fruit sellers serving until the wee hours of the night.

Boao is surrounded by fields of pineapples. Sample a peeled pineapple on a stick for only ¥1. A tropical island, visitors to Hainan can eat fresh fruit all year round.



Go next

 * Qionghai