Tourism

Cyprus’ cabinet on Thursday approved five tourism incentive schemes covering Kato Pyrgos, conferences, foreign sports teams, rural experiences and Christmas villages, seeking to attract visitors beyond the island’s established ...

Passenger traffic through Larnaca and Paphos airports was 7.9 per cent higher in the first eight months of 2026 than in the same period of 2024, despite a sharp spring disruption linked to ...

Wizz Air will restore its Larnaca-Abu Dhabi route from October 27, as the airline brings back services connecting Cyprus and other European cities with four Middle Eastern destinations during the winter ...

Lordos Hotels (Holdings) Public Ltd announced on Tuesday that its board of directors will convene on September 23, 2026, to review the group’s financial report for the first half of 2026. The ...

Cyprus tourism arrivals recovered strongly during the peak summer season, narrowing the gap with last year’s record performance after severe disruption in March and April, according to a Eurobank ...

Paphos has begun mapping accessibility barriers across its tourism infrastructure, as part of a wider effort to make the district’s beaches, attractions, cultural sites and rural communities easier to ...

President Nikos Christodoulides’ meeting with European Council President Antonio Costa on Friday, followed by his call for a political decision on Cyprus’ Schengen bid “as soon as possible”, has placed ...

Airlines operated 6.9 million commercial flights across the European Union throughout 2025, according to a report from Eurostat. The annual total represents a 3.8 per cent increase compared with the 6.7 million flights recorded ...

Cyprus tourism continued to show resilience and momentum in the first half of 2026, despite disruption caused by developments in the Middle East and turbulence in air transport during March and ...

Cyprus hotel sector relies on late autumn bookings to offset early losses Cyprus’ hotel sector is hoping to limit its losses for 2026 to around 10 per cent, after a difficult spring ...

Foreign visitors drive over nine in ten Cyprus tourist stays Cyprus recorded the steepest decline in tourist accommodation overnight stays in the EU during the first half of 2026, with nights ...

Cyprus’ success in replacing lost Russian visitors by opening up new tourism markets has won international recognition, Deputy Tourism Minister Kostas Koumis said. Speaking at the opening of an international ...

Higher visitor spending offsets drop in UK and other European markets Cyprus’ tourism revenue rose by 0.2 per cent in June 2026, despite tourist arrivals falling by 1.7 per cent, as higher spending ...

A total of 97,096 commercial flights were recorded at Larnaca and Paphos airports in 2025, according to Eurostat data published on Friday. The majority, 73,226, were recorded at Larnaca airport, while Paphos accounted ...

Larnaca is advancing heritage projects, digital tourism and accessibility improvements under its 2026 tourism action plan, with proposals ranging from a marine education centre at Pervolia Lighthouse, also known as the ...

Passenger traffic between Chisinau and Larnaca nearly tripled during 2025, as demand for direct travel between Cyprus and Moldova increased sharply. Figures from Moldova’s Civil Aviation Authority show that 78,912 passengers ...

The Nicosia regional tourism board (Etap) will host a tourism event in Athens on October 2, 2026, as part of an effort to attract more visitors from Greece and promote the capital’...

Cyprus represents a leading example of how diversifying tourism markets can help absorb the loss of a major source of visitors, according to a new report examining how destinations have ...

Paphos pushes year-round appeal with extended local ad drive The Paphos regional tourism board (Etap Paphos) has extended its domestic tourism campaign until mid-November after promotional activity generated more than 2.6 ...

Europe’s worsening drought is already disrupting agriculture, inland transport and energy production, Morningstar DBRS has reported, with the warning carrying particular significance for water-stressed Cyprus and its climate-sensitive sectors ...

Greece remains favourite as Cyprus residents set new outbound travel record Cyprus residents are expected to make a record 2.1 million trips abroad this year, up from 1.96 million in 2025, according to ...

Larnaca has been ranked the third-best destination in southern Europe for an autumn shoulder-season getaway, according to a new travel index examining sunshine, temperatures, rainfall and accommodation costs. The Cypriot ...

Cyprus Airways will expand its year-round network from Larnaca with new direct services to Rome and Munich from December, while also increasing its weekly flights to Heraklion from late October, ...

Seven-month tourism decline narrows to 8 per cent as summer season steadies Tourist arrivals to Cyprus fell by 1.1 per cent in July, but a 55.8 per cent jump in visitors from Israel ...