In winter, Hainan is warm as spring. Under the witness of more than 4,000 Chinese and foreign guests and spectators, the 20 17 (18th) Hainan International Tourism Island Happy Festival opened in Haikou today. Liu Cigui, secretary of the provincial party committee, visited Hainan World Leisure Tourism Expo 20 17, watched performances such as bamboo pole dance and Danzhou tune, and went to leisure tourism format museum and Chinese and foreign leisure tourism exhibition halls to learn about the participation. He pointed out that there are more and more international elements in the Happy Festival, the people's participation is getting higher and higher, and the activities are colorful, which has enhanced the exchanges and cooperation between Hainan and domestic and foreign countries, mobilized the participation enthusiasm of the broad masses, and demonstrated Hainan's unique national folk culture.

Zhang Qi, member of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee and Secretary of Haikou Municipal Committee, and Hu Guanghui, member of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee and Secretary General visited the World Leisure Tourism Expo. He Xiqing, Vice Governor, and Edward Timmins, Governor and Chairman of Parliament of Wicklow, Ireland, delivered speeches at the opening ceremony respectively. Kang, Deputy Director of the Standing Committee of the Provincial People's Congress, Ding Shangqing, Vice Chairman of the Provincial Political Consultative Conference, Eustin Sienka, Chairman of the Alad County Committee of Romania, Gregor Polo Zhanov, Bulgarian Ambassador to China, Nebojisa KoHarovic, Deputy Governor of Palawan Province of the Philippines, and Patrick Vance, Vice Chairman of the Wicklow County Council of Ireland, were present. Lu Zhiyuan, secretary general of the provincial government, presided over the opening ceremony.

The Happy Festival adheres to the purpose of "the whole people are happy", and the whole province will hold the happy opening, the "Happy Hainan" large-scale tourism promotion conference, the inaugural meeting of China Leisure Tourism Promotion Alliance and the China Leisure Tourism Development Forum, the World Leisure Tourism Expo, the Hainan, Hong Kong and Macao Travel Business Conference, the Vibrant Macau Publicity Week, the special cultural performance of the Happy Festival, the Blue International Electronic Music Festival, and the Hainan International Tourism Food Expo. 18 cities and counties in the province will also hold 1 18 tourism festival activities to promote the development of tourism industry and stimulate holiday tourism consumption by promoting new tourism formats, marketing new tourism products and creating new tourism effects.