Roundup: African countries eye Chinese tourist boom to drive travel industry revival


JOHANNESBURG, May 16 (Xinhua) -- African countries are looking to attract more Chinese tourists as part of broader efforts to revive and grow the continent's travel industry, delegates said at one of the continent's largest tourism trade shows.

At Africa's Travel Indaba 2025, held from Tuesday to Thursday in Durban, South Africa, Zimbabwe's Deputy Minister of Tourism Tongai Mnangagwa said the country has a "Look East" policy and is leveraging its long-standing ties with China to boost tourist arrivals from the Asian country for business, medical, and leisure purposes.

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