Greece expects to receive more Chinese tourists in 2019

Greece will see a further rise in tourism flow from China in 2019, after an increase of over 22 percent recorded in the first nine months of 2018, both Greek and Chinese officials told Xinhua.

By the end of 2018, Greek tourism authorities expect to welcome up to 200,000 visitors from China, one of the world's fastest growing markets.

Greece has witnessed an annual growth of 22.07 percent in the January-September period this year, according to Ioannis Plexousakis, the head of the Greek National Tourism Organization (GNTO) office in Beijing.

The growth trend is set to continue for next year: "We expect a further increase in 2019, after the healthy rise recorded this year," Wang Chao, the Cultural Attache at the Chinese Embassy in Athens. told Xinhua.

Greek authorities generally have a difficulty in determining with precision the number of visitors from China,...