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　　BEIJING：With the Chinese New Year holidays just a few days away, hotel prices in the country's only tropical(热带的)island province have touched a record high．

　　The average price for a single night at five-star hotels in south China's Hainan Province has reached 10,000 yuan(＄1,400)during the seven-day Spring Festival break, which kicks off Saturday．

　　The cheapest room at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in Sanya is going to 18,400 yuan, while the most expensive is 34, 500 yuan per night．Prices for a room at the Hilton Sanya Resort range from 11,138 yuan to 16,048 yuan, according to ctrip.com, a leading travel website．

　　The prices almost equal the average annual(一年的)income for Chinese city dwellers(城市居民)in 2009, which stood at 18,858 yuan per person, figures from the National Bureau of Statistics show．

　　The skyrocketing room rents have even scared away a few travel agencies．

　　“We aren't paying too much attention to the Hainan market this year since most ordinary people can't afford a room there”said Wen Qian, deputy general manager of GZL International Travel Service．

　　“The few who are willing to take a trip to Hainan are wealthy businessmen, who can take their families for a relaxing vacation and at the same time check out the island's real-estate market,”Wen said．

　　Hotel prices haven't seen such a jump during the Spring Festival holiday since 2002, when the average price for a room on the island reached about 8,000 yuan per night．

　　“This is a special year for Hainan, as the country recently unveiled(透露)plans to turn the place into a top international tourist destination by 2020,”Wen said．