Original Story Published by: Hudson Kuteesa for The New Times
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(Above) Rwanda has different tourist attractions like mountain gorillas, rain forests and stripping plains. Courtesy Photos.
The Embassy of Rwanda in China has showcased the different tourism attractions in Rwanda to a cross-section of Chinese tourists and encouraged them to visit the country.
During the event that was held at the embassy premises in Beijing on Friday, a number of people were given a chance to look at Rwanda’s natural endowments.
Rwandan cultural dances, videos as well as a painting and picture exhibition depicting tourist packages like the landscape of Rwanda, mountain gorillas among others were also shown.
Speaking to the attendees, Charles Kayonga, the Ambassador of Rwanda to China, introduced Rwanda and its surrounding region as one of the most naturally endowed regions of Africa, the safest country on the continent and among the top ten safest countries in the world, as well as an easy place for doing business.
The envoy also said that Rwanda is “blessed with extraordinary biodiversity,” incredible wildlife living in its volcanoes, rain forests and stripping plains.
He told them about different national parks, from the Akagera and the opportunity it gives to see ‘the big five,’ to the Nyungwe Forest National Park which he described as the best preserved rain forest in Africa and where the most upstream source of the Nile is located.
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