Tourism

The Kourion and Limassol municipalities will manage parts of their beaches this summer, adopting Ayia Napa’s model to improve services while ensuring low costs for locals and visitors, it ...

The passenger and vehicle ferry route between Limassol and Piraeus is continuing to draw strong demand, with nearly full bookings reported for all scheduled sailings in 2025. According to figures published ...

President of the hoteliers association (Pasyxe) Thanos Michaelides on Friday said hotel occupancy in July ranges between 80 and 85 per cent, stating that the flow of reservations is normal for this ...

The Larnaca tourism board (Etap), in collaboration with local authorities and with the support of the Deputy Ministry of Tourism, is pressing ahead with a series of targeted interventions to ...

The Paphos regional tourism board (Etap) on Thursday announced a change in leadership, with Michalis Mitas appointed as its new president. Mitas takes over following the conclusion of previous president ...

Tourism in Cyprus continued to strengthen in June 2025, with tourist arrivals rising 3.4 per cent year-on-year to reach 498,527, compared to 482,261 in June 2024, according to the state statistical service. For the first ...

Thanos Michaelides, president of the hoteliers association (Pasyxe), called for a stronger push into new tourism markets, as the United Kingdom, Israel and Poland together accounted for 53 per cent of ...

The labour dispute in Cyprus’ hotel industry may take a decisive turn today, as employers and unions remain at odds over the collective agreement signed in December 2024. The two sides ...

Lordos Hotels (Holdings) Public Ltd has confirmed that it posted the agreed dividend to shareholders on Tuesday, July 15. The company made the announcement through a filing to the Cyprus Stock ...

Wizz Air (WIZZ.L) said it was exiting its Abu Dhabi operation to focus on its main eastern European market, after almost two years of turmoil in the Middle East ...

Approximately one third of the people in Cyprus are currently struggling to find the money for a weekly get-away, according to new Eurostat data released on Monday. Specifically, the EU’...

President of the hoteliers association (Pasyxe) Thanos Michaelides on Friday said that Paphos has significant potential to boost visitor numbers. In addition, he also said that the district can attract ...

British holidaymakers heading to Cyprus this summer are facing steep price rises for all-inclusive packages, with costs up by almost a quarter compared with last year, according to figures reported ...

British low-cost airline and travel firm Jet2 (JET2.L) said it was premature to give a forecast for fiscal year 2026 as later bookings and global uncertainty clouded visibility into future ...

Zela Aviation, the aviation company founded by Cypriot entrepreneur Andreas Christodoulides, has announced a strategic partnership with the municipality of Skyros. This new initiative is aimed at improving the island’...

Cyprus is stepping up its air connectivity this summer, with Larnaca and Paphos airports offering an expanded network of destinations across Europe and the Middle East. The move, driven by ...

Passenger traffic at Cyprus’ two international airports reached a new peak in June 2025, according to figures released on Monday by Hermes Airports. Specifically, the company reported that a total of 1.4 ...

The Paphos regional tourism board (Etap) this week called for a revision of local bus timetables following the completion of its first free community excursion programme to the Akamas region, ...

The hotel industry is bracing for fresh tensions as unions and employers clash over alleged breaches of the collective agreement signed in December 2024. According to a report in Philenews, the ...

One in three tourists arriving in Cyprus stay overnight in the north or opt for Airbnb – licensed or not, Pasyxe chairman Thanos Michaelides told the hotel owners’ association general meeting ...

Cyprus’ hotel industry continues to face labour shortages despite a record year for tourism in 2024, with hoteliers urging targeted reforms to address staffing gaps and housing constraints. Speaking this week ...

Tourism revenue in Cyprus experienced a significant rise in April 2025, reaching €304.2 million according to the latest results from the passengers survey conducted by the state statistical service. This represents a 39.9 ...

Lordos Hotels (Holdings) Public Ltd announced on Thursday that it has approved a dividend of €0.04 per share, equivalent to 11.76 per cent of the nominal value of the share. The decision ...

Cyprus’ upcoming assumption of the EU council presidency was brought into focus by Deputy Tourism Minister Kostas Koumis during a ministerial meeting held under the Polish presidency in Warsaw. During ...