U.S., June 26 -- With more direct flights between China and Europe and tailor-made services, European countries are expecting to receive more Chinese visitors this year.

In a recent report, the European Travel Commission said European Union (EU) destinations registered a year-on-year increase of 5.1 percent in Chinese arrivals during the EU-China Tourism Year 2018 (ECTY 2018).

Such a tourism boom is the result of an increasingly interconnected Eurasia and the further alignment of the China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and the development strategies of European countries.

According to data released by China's International Airport news, 30 new air routes between China and Europe opened in 2018.

That momentum continued in 201...