买别墅不如当岛主!中国富豪组团海外购岛!

Islands: New wealth symbols

岛屿：新的土豪象征

Luxury cars and private jets are no longer topping the "to-buy" lists of Chinese billionaires.

豪车和私人飞机已经不再是中国亿万富翁的购物首选，现在土豪们的野心更大了：去斐济、图瓦卢和大溪地当"岛主"。

Instead, it appears that some are about to set off for the South Pacific later this month in search of something altogether bigger: Their very own island in Fiji, Tuvalu or Tahiti.

本月，部分富豪将组团前往南太平洋实地考察，求购属于自己的私人岛屿。

It is the first time such a group has been put together with the sole aim of securing the members' own South Pacific plot of land, according to Lin Dong, the founder of the China Island Owners Association. Lin explained islands in Fiji are the cheapest, with plenty of choice but very few inhabitants.

联盟的发起人林东表示，富豪们以团体形式去南太平洋购岛尚属首次，并解释说，斐济的岛最便宜，因为那边"岛多人少"。

The islands are generally being offered under 99-year leases (no outright ownership is offered) priced at RMB3m.

斐济岛屿不出售完全产权，只出租99年的使用权，售价300万元人民币。