Greece found itself at the heart of China's travel industry through the Greek National Tourism Organisation (GNTO), with an impressive stand and enhanced participation in the leading international B2B tourism exhibition. ITB China 2024 (Shanghai 27-29/05/24) is the leading B2B international trade fair, focusing on China's travel market, which marked the year 2024 as a year of recovery and optimism for the Chinese travel industry.

Ways of increasing tourism flows from China to Athens, sharing “smart city” tech applications, and developing cultural exchange and educational programs topped the agenda of talks between Athens Mayor Kostas Bakoyannis and Chinese state officials, during his recent visit to Shanghai, China.

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Monday evening hailed the Bank of China's decision to open a branch in Athens, when briefly speaking to reporters in Shanghai, while on official visit, and said that "the agreement with the banks is particularly important. The Bank of China is the 4th largest bank in the world. To put only a small part of its balance sheet to Greece would be very important.”