Hainan hotel offers tent camping to cope with travel boom

HAIKOU: Camping in a hotel is not a joke in China's hottest travel destination of Hainan province, as one hotel on the tropical island offered tent-rooms to cope with the travel boom during China's Lunar New Year festival.

"Compared with the price of 2,680 yuan ($392) for a standard room in the hotel, a tent house priced at 580 yuan a night is a fair choice in the travel season," said Li Xiangxin, a tourist staying in the tent hotel room in Sanya, a coastal resort city on the island province.

The room has nearly everything necessary for a standard hotel room, like a private toilet, beds, TV, a closet and a refrigerator, Li said. Tents are assembled outside in the hotel's garden.