--FILE--Tourists enjoy themselves on a beach resort in Sanya city, south China's Hainan province, 24 January 2015. South China's island coastal city Sanya aims to become a world-class tourism destination and a flourishing consumption market by improving facilities and services, said A Dong, mayor of the city on the sidelines of the ongoing first session of the 13th National People's Congress on Tuesday. As introduced by the mayor, Sanya, at the southern tip of Hainan island, receives an average of 20 million tourists each year and during the past Spring Festival, from Feb 15-21, it received more than one million people. En route to becoming an international tourism destination, the mayor admitted that the city has met many problems, but vowed to raise the quality of tourism services and facilities.
