Greece experiences surge in foreign visitors

Greece greeted 30.1 million foreign visitors last year and is hoping to see 33 million this year, up 10 percent year-on-year. The country, which has a population of 11 million, is now one of the world's top 10 tourism destinations.

The inflow of visitors, spending 17.1 billion euros ($20 billion) in Greece last year, saw the tourism industry account for 20 percent of the country's GDP, said Greek Ambassador to China Leonidas Rokanas.

Among them, the number of Chinese tourists grew by 40 percent last year to about 150,000 and is expected to expand by 50 percent year-on-year in 2018, he said.