More than 10,000 Chinese visitors to Seychelles this year
18-September-2014
For the first time, the number of Chinese visitors to Seychelles has surpassed 10,000.
According to the Seychelles News Agency, this account is twice more than the same period of 2013. According to the Office statistics, the Chinese market is ranked fourth in terms of tourist arrivals by country, with 10,105 visitors. "The strategy we have put in place for the promotion of Seychelles reports its fruit this year, but if we had a direct link with China, the figure would be even better, "said the Seychelles News Agency Ms. Sherin Naiken, CEO of the Seychelles Tourism Board (STB). STB hopes that by the end of the year the number of Chinese visitors will continue to increase, but said that it is quite difficult to predict what will happen, because the Chinese book at the last minute. The tourist Seychelles STB recent years, established an office in Beijing, the Chinese capital to coordinate efforts and participate in various promotional activities. "We have over the last three years targeted major cities in China, and now we will try to bring our promotion in other major cities so that the Chinese are more familiar with the Seychelles, "said the Seychelles News Agency, Jean-Luc Lai Lam, director of the Office of the STB in China. "In terms of the Chinese market , there are two big periods - in February and early October - when the Chinese travel and we therefore expect it to have arrived during this period, "said Mr. Lai Lam there. Note that if Chinese tourism market is changing as Europe has slowed this year by almost 6%. After years, France was the largest market for Seychelles has given way to Germany. According to the latest statistical bulletin, 23,955 Germans surrendered in Seychelles since the beginning of the year compared to 22,236 French. "We should end the year better than we started, I saw the STB provides the numbers for the end of the year, but we did not catch the shortfall, "said Mr Alain St Ange, Minister of Tourism and Culture at a meeting bringing together the leading tour operator in French . A report that in 2013 the Seychelles received 230.272 tourists which was a new record.
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