Maldives carrier to start flights to 3 new Chinese destinations

Maldives' national carrier Maldivian has announced that it will be starting flights to three new Chinese destinations in February, the airline said on Monday.

A tweet from the airline said it will be operating flights to the cities of Nanjing, Xi'an and Changsha.

Maldivian operates flights to the cities of Chengdu and Wuhan, while also operating flights to Trivandrum and Chennai in India, and Dhaka in Bangladesh.

The Chinese tourism market is fast growing, with Chinese tourists representing over 30 percent of all visitors to the Maldives.