seychelles minister of foreign affairs and tourism radegonde: pandas, shopping and food will become important factors for chengdu to attract seychelles tourists
2024-09-10
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seychelles is an archipelago country in the indian ocean in eastern africa, with a unique marine environment and unique local customs. in seychelles, tourism has created more than 70% of the country's gdp. half of the country is a nature reserve, and it enjoys the reputation of "tourist paradise".
at about 22:00 on september 5, seychelles president ramkalawan and his delegation arrived at chengdu shuangliu international airport by plane to start their visit to sichuan. during their visit, they visited kuanzhai alley and du fu thatched cottage to experience the profound cultural heritage of chengdu, and also saw the cute giant pandas at the chengdu research base of giant panda breeding.
"this is my first time in chengdu." on september 9, sylvester radegonde, minister of foreign affairs and tourism of seychelles, said in an interview that chengdu is a vibrant and clean city, so he was very impressed by chengdu. "in addition, i also like the food here, especially mapo tofu."
on september 6, the 2024 seychelles-chengdu economic, trade, cultural and tourism promotion conference and the direct charter flight launch ceremony were held in chengdu. reporters learned from the conference that in november this year, direct charter flights from chengdu to seychelles will be launched. by then, the one-way flight time will only take about 8 hours, which will provide a convenient and economical way of travel for tourists and business people in the two places.
"we are very much looking forward to the first direct flight in november." radegond believes that direct flights can further promote business cooperation and cultural and tourism exchanges between the two places. in this regard, he extends an invitation to chinese tourists, "seychelles is a very safe and clean country, where chinese tourists will be warmly welcomed." he mentioned that in seychelles, tourists can lie on the beautiful and wide beaches, explore the islands through safe mountain trails, and swim in clean sea water.
on the other hand, direct flights also make it easier for seychelles tourists to reach chengdu for sightseeing. radegonde said that chengdu's pandas, shopping, food, and suitable climate will become important factors in attracting seychelles tourists.
radegonde mentioned that direct flights have opened the door for exchanges between seychelles and sichuan, chengdu and other cities in china. "not only chengdu, we also hope to go to other places in china to provide possibilities for further developing relations."
in addition, on september 6, chengdu and victoria signed a memorandum of friendship and cooperation. radegonde believes that this provides the possibility for more extensive cooperation between the two places in trade, tourism, investment and other aspects. "for example, chengdu's scenic area management is very good, which is something we can learn from." he said that in the future, chengdu and seychelles can also exchange and learn in hotel management, gourmet cooking and other aspects.
youth exchanges have always been an important part of people-to-people exchanges between the two countries. radegonde also mentioned that in the field of education, china has provided seychelles with abundant teaching resources. "in recent years, seychelles has sent many students to study in china."
red star news reporter lv jiayu, photojournalist tao ke
edited by li yuyi
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