CHONGQING, Dec. 13 (Xinhua) -- A new air route will be launched between southwest China's Chongqing Municipality and Japan's Okinawa.
The route will be launched on Dec. 27 and operated by Air China with round-trip flights every Wednesday, Friday and Sunday.
The outbound flight leaves Chongqing at 12:35 p.m. Beijing time. The return flight departs Okinawa at 6:35 p.m. local time.
Earlier, a direct air route between Chongqing and Tokyo was launched on Nov. 24.
Over 8 million Chinese tourists visited Japan in 2018, up 13.9 percent year on year.