Over 80,000 Chinese Tourists Are Stranded In The Tropical Resort Of Sanya After Its Airport Was Closed By A Typhoon.
There has been an outbreak of Covid-19 in Sanya on China's tropical Hainan island, the popular resort city where 80,000 tourists are stranded. Public transportation was suspended and people's movements inside the city were restricted from early Saturday morning. Stranded tourists are required to stay for seven days and clear five Covid-19 tests before leaving. Around 80,000 tourists remain in the city. All those currently in Sanya as well as people who have been to the city since July 23 were not allowed to leave Hawaii province after 6pm local time on Saturday.
Saturday was an especially bad day for flight cancellations in Sanya, as data from a flight tracker company showed: Over 80 of the flights departing Sanya were canceled on that day. All the trains departing from Sanya were also ...