Updated · 4 min read · Mango Tour editorial, Sanya
In short: a destination management company (DMC) in Hainan is the local partner that meets your guests, holds the hotel contracts, runs transfers, guides and excursions, and answers the phone when a flight is late. Before you send a group, check three things: that the company is registered in China and verifiable by its code, who signs your contract, and how payment and cancellations work. Here is what that looks like in practice.
What a DMC in Hainan handles
- Meeting guests at Sanya Phoenix (SYX) or Haikou Meilan (HAK), including night arrivals.
- Hotels across Sanya's four bays at contracted rates, with room allocation to your rooming list.
- Transfers, a dedicated car and driver, and on-island rail or road transport.
- Excursions with licensed guides, and group or private programmes.
- Incentive and corporate logistics: venues, dinners, interpreters, an on-site coordinator.
- Medical travel to the Boao Lecheng zone through a licensed medical partner, where the client asks for it; contraindications exist and a specialist consultation is required.
Why Hainan is easier to sell than it used to be
Entry: nationals of 61 countries can visit Hainan without a visa for up to 30 days, and about 45 nationalities can travel visa-free across China until 31 December 2026. Shopping: since 1 November 2025 the island's duty-free allowance — 100,000 yuan per person per year, for buyers aged 18 and over — also applies to passengers flying from Hainan straight to an international destination. Weather: Sanya is dry from November to April, with daytime highs of 27–32 °C.
Hainan visa-free entry rules for 2026 →Flights into Hainan: what we can confirm
Sanya Phoenix is the airport for the resort bays; Haikou Meilan is in the north, about 300 km away by road or 1.5–2 hours by high-speed train. As of October 2026: Aeroflot and Rossiya fly nonstop to Sanya from Moscow and several Russian cities; Hainan Airlines flies from Haikou to Moscow, to London Heathrow (a weekly service launched in May 2025) and to Kuala Lumpur (daily since December 2025); and Qionghai Bo'ao airport has a twice-weekly Kuala Lumpur service.
One change for European programmes: Condor's Frankfurt–Bangkok–Sanya service ends in late October 2026, and the airline has not decided whether to resume it in summer 2027. Schedules change every season, so we check the carrier for your exact dates before quoting.
How to verify a Chinese DMC
Every Chinese company has an 18-character Unified Social Credit Code (USCC). Ask for the registered name in Chinese and the code, then look the company up in the National Enterprise Credit Information Publicity System, the official register at gsxt.gov.cn: it shows the registration date, address, status and business scope. Sign the contract with that legal entity and pay only to its corporate account, never to a personal one.
For reference, our details: Sanya Yulong International Travel Agency Co., Ltd (三亚裕隆国际旅行社有限公司), USCC 91460000MA5TYLCM12, registered in Sanya on 26 April 2021, with 27 staff on the island.
Who we are and how to verify us →What to agree before the first group
- Rates: net rates on which you set your own mark-up, or commission for retail agencies.
- Currency: quotes itemised in yuan, with a USD or EUR reference if you need one.
- Deposits, payment schedule and cancellation terms — written into the contract.
- Response times: availability confirmed within one working hour, Sanya time (UTC+8), with a coordinator on call 24/7 while guests are on the island.
- Guide languages: English, Russian and Chinese on our own staff; other languages through licensed partner guides, confirmed per booking.
- Who the guest calls at night, and how incidents are reported to you.
Seasons and dates that move prices
High season runs from November to April. Hotel rates peak around the Chinese New Year — 6 February 2027 — and during China's National Day holiday, 1–7 October. Typhoons can affect Hainan between June and October, most often in September, so sea programmes and tight connections need a buffer in those months.
For incentive groups, the second half of November, early December and March usually combine dry weather with easier hotel availability.
MICE and incentive groups in Sanya →
