Starting ceremony of tourist coaches in Hainan Province was held in Haikou People’s Hall on November, 25. 160 brand new luxurious tourist coaches will run from here to serve booming tourism industry in the southern province.
Tourist coaches bidding started in November, 2009 to regulate Hainan tourism markets. Hainan tourist coaches used to run by private owners by contracts. And there were many complaints at that time, and the tourism management quality cannot be raised. All these were changed since November 2009, 400 new tourism buses were put into operation, these tourism buses can only be owned and run by some government owned companies. It turned out to be positive effects. So 200 more tourism bidding was started earlier, and Yutong Bus Hainan tourism bus company and Hainan yaoxing transport company, each with 100 luxurious tourism buses.
The first 160 tourism buses include six bus models with passenger capacity from 23 to 53. Passengers can get rather comfortable riding experience by air-conditioner, spacious seats, as well as special cushioning designs.