(Xinhua/Chen Yehua)ADDIS ABABA, Oct. 15 (Xinhua) -- Ethiopia's national air carrier Ethiopian Airlines (ET) is mulling flights to the eastern Chinese city of Hangzhou. Private investment from China to Ethiopia in 2017, up to September 5, has reached more than 680 million U.S. dollars, outpacing the entire 2016 figures of 560 million dollars. Chinese tourists are also a rising demographics with the East African country attracting 41,660 Chinese tourists in 2015, a trend the Ethiopian government expects to grow in the coming years. The country plans to earn 4.5 billion dollars from 1.2 million tourists during the 2017/18 Fiscal Year that started July 9. Hangzhou however is not the only Chinese destination that Ethiopian Airlines is mulling starting flights to.

Source: Ethiopian News October 15, 2017 13:18 UTC