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Quote: Kenya eyes 1 million tourists from China: minister By Christine Lagat NAIROBI, (Xinhua) -- Kenya plans to launch an aggressive marketing campaign to woo Chinese tourists as the East African nation eyes 1 million visitors from the Asian country by 2017, a senior official disclosed on Thursday. Cabinet Secretary for East African Affairs, Commerce and Tourism, Phyllis Kandie said Kenya has resolved to focus on China to offset the dwindling number of holiday makers triggered by negative publicity in the traditional Western markets. "We have set a target of 3 million tourists from around the globe and 1 million will come from China," Kandie told Xinhua in an interview ahead of her official visit to China from May 27-June 2. Kandie said Kenya has intensified campaigns to expose the country as an attractive destination among Chinese tourists as Nairobi pursues the Asian nation as one of the leading emerging markets. Statistics from the Kenya Tourism Board (KTB) shows that arrivals from China by the end of 2011 were at 37,400 growing by 10.3 percent to 41,300 by the end of 2012. Number of Chinese visitors in 2013 stood at 37,000.