China News Service, Haikou, February 14th (Wang Xiaobin, Chen Yingqing) Cruise motorcycles with deep and powerful engines, light and convenient scooters, tall and powerful adventure motorcycles... The Spring Festival of the Year of the Dragon is the first event since the Hainan Island Tourist Highway was opened to traffic. During the Spring Festival, China News Service reporters found during interviews along the route in recent days that the road has become a tourist destination for many Chinese and foreign "motorcycle travel" enthusiasts. "Motorcycle friends" either go on the road alone or set out in groups to explore Hainan by bicycle. Beautiful views along the island’s coastline.
On February 13, a group of motorcycle riders rested in front of a string of red lanterns at the "Dan'er Chasing Light" station on the Hainan Island Tourist Highway. Photo by China News Service reporter Wang Xiaobin
The main line of the Hainan Island Tourist Highway is 988 kilometers long, running through 12 coastal cities and counties such as Haikou, Wenchang, and Sanya. It passes through 84 scenic areas along the way - windmills, coconut groves, lighthouses, blue skies, blue seas, fine sands, sunset harbor smoke, volcanoes, strange rocks and clouds... ...While driving, the driver is like a "bead-stringer", personally stringing together a "pearl necklace" covering the island's many beautiful scenery.
"When it opened in December, some 'motorcycle friends' said this was the 'most beautiful cycling route.' We gathered a few friends and rode across the sea during the Spring Festival holiday." Feng Hao from Guangzhou said that they and his party The four of them set out from Guangzhou on the first day of the Lunar New Year and kept meeting new motorcycle friends on the Hainan Island Tourist Highway. By the time they arrived in Wanning, there was already a small fleet of more than ten motorcycles.
On February 12, in Qinwan, Wanning Mountain, Pakistani motorcycle friend Harong took a group photo with the motorcycle friends he met on the road with the sea as the background. Photo by Chen Yingqing
The reporter noticed that in addition to Guangdong and Guangxi, which are adjacent to Hainan Island, there are also many motorcycles with license plates from Shaanxi, Sichuan, Shandong and other provinces on the tourist highway around the island. The Hainan island-circuit tourist highway has aroused the desire of motorcycle enthusiasts to "go to distant places". Many people ride across half of China and then to Hainan to start a thousand-mile motorcycle tour around the island.
"I started from Ganzhou on New Year's Day and rode a thousand kilometers all the way south, just to go to Hainan and see the sea along the island tourist road." Zheng Yuanbao from Jiangxi is his first long-distance solo motorcycle trip. He plans to go clockwise along the Take a walk on the Hainan Island Tourist Highway.
At Qin Bay in Wanning Mountain, the blue sea made Harong, a Pakistani motorcyclist, say: "This trip is worth it." Harong, who works in Wuhan, Hubei Province, said that he had only cycled around Wuhan before, and it was his first long-distance motorcycle trip to Hainan. "The scenery is beautiful and I feel very happy."
In February 2024, on the tourist highway around the island in Hainan, well-equipped motorcycle riders were a sight to behold. Photo by Chen Yingqing
Hainan Island Tourist Highway Demonstration Station "Dan'er Chasing Light" is a motorcycle cultural themed station. In the reception hall of the inn, a red motorcycle track jumps from the ground, passes through the roof, and leads directly to the Motorcycle Travel Museum.
"During the Spring Festival, the sound of motorcycle engines sounds from morning to night." Feng Ling, deputy general manager of Dan'er Zhuiguang Station, said that the station has recently received more than 2,000 passengers a day, and bookings for homestays have been hot, exceeding expectations.
Unable to see enough with one pair of eyes, Feng Hao installed an action camera on his motorcycle to record the beautiful scenery along the way. "After the trip, I plan to edit the beautiful scenery along the way into a video and share it with more motorcycle friends." (over)