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Ramkalawan led a Seychelles delegation to the Ninth Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) in Beijing, which took place from September 4 to 6, and the flight was launched during his visit on the sidelines to the Sichuan Province in the south-western part of China.
The first direct and non-stop charter flight operated by Sichuan Airlines, from Chengdu Province in China to Seychelles in November, was officially launched by Seychelles’ President Wavel Ramkalawan during his recent visit to China.
Ramkalawan led a Seychelles delegation to the Ninth Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) in Beijing, which took place from September 4 to 6, and the flight was launched during his visit on the sidelines to the Sichuan Province in the south-western part of China.
Tourism Seychelles, the marketing branch of the Tourism Department, announced the charter flight by Sichuan Airlines in November and June.
Tourism Seychelles said that the flight, which will take around 8 hours and 50 minutes, will begin a new chapter in air connectivity between the two destinations. Additional flights are currently being discussed and considered.
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According to figures from the National Bureau of Statistics on September 4, a total of 1,961 visitors from China visited Seychelles in 2024 so far. Chengdu, the vibrant capital of Sichuan province in China, is a major economic and transportation hub, making it an ideal departure point for Chinese visitors eager to explore Seychelles, an archipelago in the western Indian Ocean.
