Chinese tour operators visit Tanzania's Zanzibar for tourism promotion

STORY: Chinese tour operators visit Tanzania's Zanzibar for tourism promotion DATELINE: May 14, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:16 LOCATION: DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Chinese visitors arriving 2. various of performance 4. SOUNDBITE (English): HAFSA MBAMBA, Executive secretary of Zanzibar Commission for Tourism STORYLINE: About 40 people with Chinese tour operators and media houses arrived in Tanzania's Zanzibar on Friday at the start of a familiarization mission to open up Tanzania's tourism market to China. SOUNDBITE (English): HAFSA MBAMBA, Executive secretary of Zanzibar Commission for Tourism "We aim to promote our culture and heritage tourism of Zanzibar, being that we are a rich destination. We also have various attractions which we will like to promote as well, but also to engage the local market with the Chinese market." Speaking shortly after she had received the Chinese group visiting Zanzibar for the first time after the COVID-19 pandemic, Mbamba said the grou

TANZANIA-ZANZIBAR-CHINA-TOURISM

TANZANIA-ZANZIBAR-CHINA-TOURISM

(230514) -- ZANZIBAR, May 14, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Delegates from Chinese tour operators and media houses arrive at an airport in Tanzania's Zanzibar on May 12, 2023. About 40 people with Chinese tour operators and media houses arrived in Tanzania's Zanzibar on Friday at the start of a familiarization mission to open up Tanzania's tourism market to China. "This initiative is aimed at opening up our market to China," said Hafsa Mbamba, executive secretary of the Zanzibar Commission for Tourism. (Photo by Nurdin Pallangyo/Xinhua)

TANZANIA-ZANZIBAR-CHINA-TOURISM

TANZANIA-ZANZIBAR-CHINA-TOURISM

(230514) -- ZANZIBAR, May 14, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Delegates from Chinese tour operators and media houses arrive at an airport in Tanzania's Zanzibar on May 12, 2023. About 40 people with Chinese tour operators and media houses arrived in Tanzania's Zanzibar on Friday at the start of a familiarization mission to open up Tanzania's tourism market to China. "This initiative is aimed at opening up our market to China," said Hafsa Mbamba, executive secretary of the Zanzibar Commission for Tourism. (Photo by Nurdin Pallangyo/Xinhua)

ASEAN foreign ministers show connectedness through road trip

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ASEAN foreign ministers show connectedness through road trip

ASEAN foreign ministers show connectedness through road trip

CHIANG KHONG, Thailand - Foreign ministers from the 10 ASEAN member countries join hands in front of a construction site of the No. 4 Bridge of Friendship in Chiang Khong, northern Thailand, on Jan. 24, 2011. The bridge over the Mekong connecting Thailand and Laos is being built with China's financial support. The ASEAN ministers headed for China from Thailand the same day, on a 600-kilometer trip titled ''familiarization road trip to China'' to underlie the geographical proximity of the regions. (Kyodo)