LocatedonthebanksoftheNile,inthecradleofcivilization,SudanwashometoseveralancientNubiankingdoms-fromtheKushinabout1000BCthroughtotheKerma,theMeroe,theMakuriaandNobatia,andlastlytheAlodia,whichendureduntiltheearly16thcentury.
Today,theNorthAfricannationisworkingtoattractmoreChinesetouriststothemanyrelicsleftbythoseoldcivilizations,aswellasitsmodernresortsandRedSeaports.
AliAhmedHamid,thegovernorofRedSeaState,oneofSudan's18states,saidproudlythathiscountrynotonlyoffersrelics,butalsouniquelandscapesthatcombinedeserts,seasandmountains.