A Notice from Sanya Municipal Government on Providing Financial Subsidies to the Landing Fee of the Flights from Main Passengers Source Places and the Newlylaunched International Flights to/from Sanya

To All the Municipal Departments Concerned:

To further develop the international tourist market to Sanya and attract more domestic and international airline companies to open new international flight routes to/from Sanya, to increase international tourists and promote the internationalization of tour industry in Sanya, the local Government shall provide financial subsidies to the landing fee of the flights from tourist source places and the new international flights to/from Sanya Phoenix Airport. The concrete subsidies are as follows:

I. For the flights of domestic airline companies to Sanya from tourist source places (temporally excluding Hong Kong and Macao) and newly-opened international flight routes to/from Sanya, a subsidy of RMB3500 yuan shall be provided for each landing. For the flights of international airline companies to Sanya from tourist source places and newly-opened international flight routes to/from Sanya, a subsidy of RMB5000 yuan shall be provided for each landing.

II. Sanya Phoenix International Airport shall make settlement of subsidy every two months, and appropriate funds to related airline companies on behalf of city government.

III. The subsidy shall be provided from July 1st, 2006. The above subsidy standard and mode shall be implemented for a year.

(Remark: This stipulation shall be implemented continuously before the new policies of Sanya Municipal Government come into force.)