Today, 29 Nov 2024, marks the arrival date of the Greek travel agents representing Greece, in a joint project with the Chinese Cultural Center in Greece and Air China, at the Chinese International Tourism Event 2024 (CIMT) in Shanghai, November 22-24, under the auspices of the Chinese Government.
With the kind cooperation of the Chinese Cultural Center in Greece delegates were selected to take place in the biggest professional exhibition of its kind in Asia since 2001 and had numerous workshops among others with representatives from all Europe and beyond. As an exclusive carrier, Air China flew the team to different routes offering an immersive cultural experience to the Greek representatives. With the theme of “Nihao ! China”, CITM 2024 in the National Convention and Exhibition Center covered an area of 53,000 square meter with about 2,500 standard booths featuring six areas as domestic culture and tourism area, cultural tourism technology area, cultural and creative museum area, area for inbound tourism and etc.
“As the only flag-carrier aviation company in China, Air China has been committed to cultural, tourism and economic exchanges between China and Greece and has been playing a bridging role since the launch of direct flights from Beijing to Athens in 2017”, Mr Gong, Air China General Manager for Greece and Cyprus, addressed guests at Air China marketing event held earlier in the heart of Athens in the beautiful NJV Athens Plaza.
Air China, one of the largest Asian airlines, boasts a modern fleet of more than 905 aircraft, of which 152 are wide- body range along with the newest COMAC model of domestically designed and engineered aircraft which Air China flew already in the past months with its maiden commercial flight PEK - SHA on the 10 Sept, 2024.
Due to Air China’s extensive network and Beijing being a big international hub in which the company operates, the outreach of the company is undeniably important, extending to 40 regional, 448 domestic but also 96 international routes. In the European market particularly, Air China represents for 28% market share for carriers connecting Europe to China and operates 400 weekly flights which compared to 2019 has given 120% growth in terms of connectivity.
“I believe that with the announcement of the visa-free policy by the Chinese government from October 15th this year, the willingness of the Greek people to travel to China will be even stronger! I and my team will do our best to provide help and support, and through communication and cooperation with you, to make travel between the two ancient civilizations smoother and more comfortable”, Mr Gong added with good spirits who was applauded warmly by the audience in the dawn of a new year all striving for better days to come.
