Islamabad, April 7 -- China-European Union (EU) relations in tourism get a boost as the 2018 EUChina Tourism Year has scored a success, an official recently said.

During the tourism year, China and the EU held more than 100 promotional activities.

It "has been extremely successful," said Eduardo Santander, executive director of the European Travel Commission (ETC).

There was a 5.1-percent year-on-year increase in Chinese arrivals in EU destinations in 2018, and among the top ones in terms of the volume of Chinese arrivals were Britain, Germany and France, according to the latest figures from the ETC and the air travel analysis agency ForwardKeys.

"We continue to see the benefits in 2019," Santander added. "The growth in Chinese trav...