Serbia sees surge in Chinese tourist arrivals in first nine months of 2024

BELGRADE, Nov. 18 (Xinhua) -- Serbia received 150,000 Chinese tourists in the first nine months of 2024, marking an increase of 71 percent year-on-year, according to Marija Labovic, director of the Tourism Organization of Serbia (TOS), at the China-Serbia tourism conference on Monday.

Emphasizing the event, which brought together Serbian and Chinese travel organizers, as crucial in strengthening tourism ties and bilateral cooperation, Labovic noted that Chinese tourists contributed to 288,000 overnight stays, ranking third among foreign visitors in Serbia.