About 1,200 guests, including 289 journalists, will attend the BOAO International Tourism Forum which opens on March 20 on Hainan Island.

The forum will cover all aspects of the tourism business including yachting, golf tourism and other sports tourism, the relationship between real estate development and tourism, and the role of the media.

Domestic guests from all over China will be joined by overseas guests from more than 50 countries and regions.

Chinese leaders and former political leaders from overseas will be among the speakers at the forum. The heads of the United Nations World Tourism Organization, the World Travel & Tourism Council, and the Pacific Asia Travel Association will participate in the forum and it is expected that many important agreements will be signed.