Greece counts on direct air links to boost Chinese arrivals

ATHENS, Jan. 10 (Xinhua) -- Drawing on the direct air links between Athens, the capital of Greece, and Beijing and Shanghai in China, Athens International Airport (AIA) counts on a return of the number of Chinese arrivals in Greece to pre-pandemic levels soon.

AIA welcomed large numbers of Chinese tourists before COVID-19 hit the world, Ioanna Papadopoulou, AIA's director of communications and marketing, said at a press briefing here on Tuesday.