China to shut down their duty-free shopping center to curb COVID during the latest outbreak. Pictured: Sanya International Duty-Free Shopping Complex in Sanya, Hainan province, China on Nov. 25, 2020.

SHANGHAI, Aug 5 (Reuters) - Sanya, a top tropical holiday destination on China's southern Hainan island, began closing its duty free malls on Friday in response to a worsening COVID-19 outbreak.

Around 80,000 tourists are stranded in the popular resort city of Sanya on China’s tropical Hainan island after authorities announced lockdown measures to stem an outbreak of Covid-19.

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A staff member takes photos of planted corals at the marine ranch of Wuzhizhou Island in Sanya, south China's Hainan Province, May 27, 2025. Around 2010, the Wuzhizhou Island in Sanya, a city ...

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