China grants Pacific countries approved tourist destination status.

(From BBC Monitoring International Reports)

(New China News Agency)

Apia, Samoa, 9 August: China announced Monday [9 August] that it enlists South Pacific Island states of Fiji, Vanuatu, Tonga and the Cook Islands as tourist destinations for its citizens. The announcement was made by Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Zhou Wenzhong at a dialogue meeting between China and the 16-member Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) here.

There are still some other South Pacific island countries asking China to grant them the Approved Destination Status like the four countries, Zhou told reporters after the meeting. The meeting is one in a series PIF holds with its 12 …