Premier Li Keqiang took time out from his jam-packed schedule last week to get a firsthand look at the developments in Hainan province's tourism industry.

The premier landed in Sanya on Tuesday to attend the inaugural Lancang-Mekong Cooperation Leaders' Meeting before heading to the Boao Forum for Asia on Thursday.

Yet before the meeting, he dropped into a tourism development center in Sanya that provides information and assistance to the many domestic and international visitors who arrive each year on the tropical island.