Tourism and Culture Minister Alain St Ange has been invited to the China-Africa Investment Forum to be held in September.
The invitation came from Alex Sienaert, the senior country economist for Mauritius and Seychelles, who was heading a high-powered delegation from the Guangdong Provincial Finance Department including a number of other delegates from the business world.
The delegation included the director of the Guangdong Provincial Office for World Bank Projects, the chairman of HK Rising Investment Development Limited, the Shenzhen Grandsun Electronics Company, among others.
In a meeting with Minister St Ange at his office at ESPACE building, the delegation discussed tourism and the importance of that industry for the islands.
Other topics of discussion included the special attributes that make Seychelles different as a holiday destination, air access, as well as the number of Chinese visitors currently landing in Seychelles.
Source : Seychelles NATION