BEIJING, Jan.14 (Xinhua) -- A Maldivian delegation visited southwest China's Yunnan province from Jan.11 to 14.

During the visit, speaker of the Maldivian People's Majlis, Abdulla Shahid, held talks with directors of Yunnan's departments of tourism and commerce on Tuesday.

Shahid said tourism was without a doubt the key industry of Maldives, adding that there are currently more than 10,000 Chinese tourists coming to Maldives every month.

"The opening flight between Kunming and Male, capitals of Yunnan and Maldives, increase high-level exchanges and commerce cooperation between the two countries", he said

Tourism of China and Maldives strongly complement each other, vice chairman of the Standing Committee of the Yunnan provincial People's Congress, Yan Youqiong, said during their meeting.