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AirAsia adds Quanzhou to its Asian routes

9 Apr 2019 15:00:35

thesundaily.my

FROM May 1, AirAsia will be flying direct daily from Kuala Lumpur to Quanzhou in Fujian, China.


Once, one of the world’s biggest ports and the starting point of the Maritime Silk Road, Quanzhou was known to Arab traders as Zaiton and was praised by Marco Polo as the “one of the two greatest havens in the world for commerce”.


Thanks to its status as a major trading port for more than three centuries, Quanzhou today remains a melting pot of diverse cultures and religions, and boasts many Buddhist and Hindu temples, mosques and churches, as well as museums celebrating its proud maritime heritage.


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