Where retirement life meets poetry and distant landscapes, Hainan is opening a brand-new lifestyle for senior citizens. The mid-year launch event for the second quarter of Hainan Senior Care Service Consumption Year and the "Joyful Golden Years" series, co-hosted by the Hainan Provincial Department of Civil Affairs and Hainan Provincial Department of Tourism, Culture, Radio, Television and Sports, unveiled eight premium travel routes categorized into three themes: Senior Wellness & Rehabilitation, Senior Leisure, and Senior Study & Wellness Travel. These routes precisely cater to seniors’ demand for high-quality wellness services and fuel high-quality growth of the province’s silver economy.

Three Well-Categorized Themes to Meet Diverse Wellness Needs

The eight newly launched routes cover Hainan’s top-tier wellness resources, integrating cutting-edge international medical care, tropical rainforest ecosystems, ethnic herbal medicine, island leisure culture, and Su Dongpo’s cultural heritage. All itineraries are age-friendly with unhurried schedules and professional wellness tour guides, delivering a complete integration of medical treatment, wellness care, sightseeing, learning and recreation.

• Senior Wellness & Rehabilitation Tours (3 routes): Centered on health management. The Sea Breeze Healing route features TCM therapies including small needle scalpel therapy and Tai Chi cupping moxibustion. The Lecheng Serene Retreat relies on the Boao Lecheng International Medical Tourism Pilot Zone to offer high-end services such as intestinal flora testing. The Mystic Rainforest route leads visitors deep into tropical rainforests to experience the charm of ethnic medicine including Li and Miao herbal fumigation and southern medicinal hot springs.

• Senior Leisure Tours (3 routes): Focused on cultural experience and slow travel. The Blessings & Longevity Tour combines Taoist wellness exercises with seaside square dancing. The Reunion of Old Friends Tour features intangible cultural heritage handicrafts, senior university exchanges and gentle yacht cruises. The Free Trade Port Industrial Tour takes seniors to fermented vinegar production bases and smart factories to feel the development momentum of Hainan Free Trade Port.

• Senior Study & Wellness Travel (2 routes): An innovative combination of sightseeing and learning. The Healthy Island: Mountain & Sea Journey organically links aerospace science popularization, revolutionary red education and Danjia fishing culture. The Su Dongpo Poetry Tour revolves around Su Dongpo culture, hosting poetry salons and AI-assisted poetry creation workshops, while discussing the establishment of the National Senior Su Dongpo Poetry Society, enabling seniors to achieve spiritual wellness through immersive cultural nourishment.

Detailed Itineraries of 8 Premium Routes Under Three Themes

I. Senior Wellness & Rehabilitation Tours (3 Routes)

Route 01 Sea Breeze Healing – Boao International Wellness Tour (3 Days 2 Nights)

Day 1: Airport pickup; check in at a hotel near Lecheng Medical Zone. Afternoon: Visit the Permanent International Pharmaceutical & Medical Device Exhibition and Boao Forum Permanent Venue; take a leisurely walk along Yudai Beach. Day 2: Establish personal health files at Boao Super Hospital and experience small needle scalpel therapy for chronic soft tissue injuries, hyperosteogeny and other ailments; receive TCM consultation and Tai Chi cupping moxibustion in the afternoon; learn Baduanjin Qigong in the evening. Day 3: Visit Beireng Village before the easy return trip.

Route 02 Lecheng Serene Retreat – Premium International Medical Wellness Tour (5 Days 4 Nights)

Day 1: Arrive in Haikou and check in at a carefully selected hotel. Day 2: Visit Qilou Intangible Cultural Heritage Art Museum and Hainan Provincial Local Chronicles Museum; play golf at the Boao Forum Permanent Venue Golf Course in the afternoon. Day 3: Take intestinal flora testing at Hainan Diwan Hospital; visit Yudai Beach in the afternoon. Day 4: Receive Alzheimer’s disease screening at Ruijin Hospital; receive terahertz cabin conditioning treatment at Hainan Messe Hospital in the afternoon. Day 5: Freely select Hainan local specialties as gifts, then depart.

Route 03 Mystic Rainforest · Li & Miao Ethnic Wellness Tour (6 Days 5 Nights)

Travel is an emotional consumption, a getaway from daily residence. Day 1: Arrive at Haikou Meilan International Airport and check in at a designated wellness hotel. Day 2: Visit Qionzhong Baihua Ridge; enjoy authentic southern medicinal health cuisine, experience ancient physical therapy, walk along rainforest boardwalks and take forest bathing & five-sense healing sessions. Day 3: Receive expert physical constitution identification and exclusive therapies at the TCM Clinic of Qionzhong Baihua Ridge. Head to Baoting Shenyu Island to taste health herbal tea and make Li herbal sachets by hand; experience intangible cultural heritage therapies including ox horn cupping, rattan moxibustion and Li medicinal wine massage, followed by a Li ethnic medicinal herbal dinner. Day 4: Morning breathing exercises at Baoting Shenyu Island; enjoy Li long-table feast at noon. Experience southern medicinal hot springs at Ramada Wanning Resort & Spa. Day 5: Visit the TCM Wellness Center of Super Hospital in Boao Lecheng International Medical Tourism Pilot Zone; tour China (Hainan) South China Sea Museum. Day 6: Five-sense healing experience at Boao "Sea Story"; light coastal lunch, then transfer to Haikou Meilan Airport for departure.

II. Senior Leisure Tours (3 Routes)

Route 04 Blessings & Longevity – 6-Day 5-Night Hainan Tour for Parents

Day 1: Arrive in Haikou with private car airport transfer. Day 2: Practice Taoist wellness boxing at Wenbi Peak; visit Red Detachment of Women Memorial Park; explore Ganshiling Tropical Rainforest; stay at Yabulun Pastoral Resort. Day 3: Tour Binglang Valley Li & Miao Cultural Tourism Zone; taste Buddhist vegetarian food at Nanshan Buddhism Cultural Park; stroll Sanya Bay Square at night. Day 4: Morning seaside exercise; bonfire square dancing at Tianya Haijiao. Day 5: Visit Xinglong Tropical Botanical Garden and Movie Town. Day 6: Drop-off at Sanya Phoenix International Airport.

Route 05 Reunion of Old Friends – 6-Day 5-Night Leisure Tour

Day 1: Arrive in Haikou and check in at a cooperative hotel. Day 2: Visit Hainan Provincial Local Chronicles Museum and Intangible Cultural Heritage Experience Hall to try coconut carving and Li brocade weaving; cruise Haikou Bay from Dongpo Old Wharf to watch the sunset. Day 3: Attend cultural & wellness forum and calligraphy health class at Hainan Open University; leisurely tour Binglang Valley by shuttle buggy. Day 4: Visit Houpo Village and pottery workshop to make ceramic ornaments. Day 5: Tour Nanshan Cultural Tourism Zone and take a light cruise on a luxury yacht. Day 6: Transfer to Sanya for departure.

Route 06 Free Trade Port Industrial Tour – 4-Day 3-Night Leisure Tour

Day 1: Depart Haikou for Puqian Town, Wenchang; visit Puqian Fishing Port and fermented vinegar production base, tour raw material planting villages; stay at overseas Chinese homestay. Day 2: Morning exercise in overseas Chinese town; visit Wenchang Huiwen Overseas Chinese Cultural Park; head to Danzhou and sing revolutionary songs in the afternoon. Day 3: Visit Yangpu Exhibition Hall and intelligent bone soup factory of Zhongao Soup Industry; return to Haikou along coastal slow track. Day 4: Summary sharing session on intangible cultural heritage and free trade port achievements, then depart.

III. Senior Study & Wellness Travel (2 Routes)

Route 07 Healthy Island, Mountain & Sea Trip – Hainan Study Tour (6 Days 5 Nights)

Day 1: Arrive in Haikou, check in at age-friendly hotel, welcome dinner. Day 2: VR experience at Wenchang Space Launch Site; visit South China Sea Museum and Boao Lecheng International Medical Pilot Zone. Day 3: Tour Red Detachment of Women Memorial Park; attend special TCM wellness lecture and health management experience; soak in Li herbal hot springs in the evening. Day 4: Morning Baduanjin practice; visit Lingshui Urban & Rural Planning Museum and Danjia Museum, take a boat to offshore fish rafts; research age-friendly ecology at Nanwan Monkey Island. Day 5: Exchange senior education experience at Haifeng International Film Base and Li’an International Education Innovation Pilot Zone; re-experience Li herbal hot springs; closing dinner. Day 6: Transfer after wellness breakfast.

Route 08 Retracing Su Dongpo’s Footsteps – Hainan Su Dongpo Poetry Study & Wellness Tour (6 Days 5 Nights)

Day 1: Arrive in Haikou, private car transfer to Chengmai; distribute Su Dongpo culture handbook, welcome gala for ice-breaking. Day 2: Visit Su Dongpo Cultural Experience Base; Su Dongpo poetry reading salon in the afternoon to discuss the establishment of National Senior Su Dongpo Poetry Society; poetry singing gala in the evening. Day 3: Special lecture on Su Dongpo; field study at Dongpo Academy in Danzhou in the afternoon. Day 4: Taste coffee and pastries at Fushan Town; Su Dongpo themed poetry creation workshop with AI-assisted writing experience in the afternoon. Day 5: Achievement exhibition and "Senior Poetry Tour" certificate awarding ceremony; visit Five Lords & Su Dongpo Ancestral Shrine in the afternoon; night tour of Dongpo Old Wharf. Day 6: Transfer after breakfast with follow-up online interview.

Hainan has previously launched over 30 wellness travel routes for seniors. These 8 newly added premium routes under three themes mark a key initiative for Hainan to fully implement the national "Joyful Golden Years" campaign and steadily advance the Senior Care Service Consumption Year. They will further activate the senior consumption market and continuously improve the quality and efficiency of elderly care services across the province.

Source: Hainan Provincial Department of Tourism, Culture, Radio, Television and Sports; People’s Network Hainan Channel