Travel Advertising: A gold award for Seychelles in China |28 November 2011

The award was announced by the executive president of China Association of National Advertisers Duan Ruichun and the presentation was made to Seychelles’ Resident Ambassador to China, Philippe Le Gall by Gu Xiulian, vice-chairman of the 10th National People’s Congress and former president of the All-China Women's Federation

Also present was Zheng Silin, vice-chairman of the Foreign Affairs committee of the National People’s Congress, Jiang Sixian, vice-governor of Hainan People’s Government and Wang Zhifa, deputy director of China National Tourism Administration.

Ambassador Le Gall was invited to attend this event and delivered a key note speech during the China International Urban Development Cooperation and Tourism Destination Brand Marketing summit held on the same day. The ambassador’s address, ‘Seychelles tourism development: How to manage uniqueness’, focused on Seychelles’ eco-friendly understanding of tourism development.

In the margin of the conference Ambassador Le Gall also met the president of the tourism branch of China Association of National Advertisers, Chen Yilong, and discussed the possible involvement of Seychelles in a major international expo on cultural tourism planned to be held in China next year.

The ambassador also discussed other areas of cooperation such as with the Seychelles Victoria Carnival and possible involvement in next year’s Heritage and Tourism Expo – the main tourism event organised in Macau special administrative region.