Xisha Island tours

A marine surveillance helicopter flies over the Ganquan Island, an uninhabited island of the Xisha Islands in the South China Sea, March 11, 2013. Crew members aboard the Chinese marine surveillance ship Haijian 262 patrolled the Ganquan Island on Monday. (Xinhua/Wei Hua) 


BOAO, Hainan, April 7 (Xinhua) -- China is scheduled to let tourists visit the Xisha Islands in the South China Sea .People will be allowed to visit the islands on cruise tours.The Xisha Islands are a cluster of close to 40 islets, sandbanks and reefs.

Tourists will eat and sleep on the cruise ships and can land on the islands for sightseeing.A cruise ship with a gross registered tonnage of 47,000 tonnes that can accommodate 1,965 passengers is ready for sailing.

Source- Xinhua