Tourism

Cyprus and China are signing on Thursday an inter-state agreement in the aviation sector aimed at liberalising flights between the two countries. The deal, to be signed in Nicosia, seeks ...

Booking.com’s restrictions against hotels offering lower rates on their websites or on rival sites are unnecessary and could reduce competition, Europe’s top court said this week in ...

Deputy Minister of Tourism Kostas Koumis on Thursday said that Cyprus is likely to set a new record for tourist arrivals from France. Speaking during a series of meetings in ...

City of Dreams Mediterranean on Wednesday evening celebrated the official opening of the Marcos Baghdatis Tennis Academy. The resort described the event as the mark of “the beginning of a ...

Melco Resorts & Entertainment, developer and operator of City of Dreams Mediterranean, on Tuesday evening hosted an event to promote Macao’s status as a travel, leisure, and business destination. ...

The Ayia Napa municipality on Tuesday bestowed eight frequent travellers to the area with the honour of being “tourism ambassador”. The eight – four couples – were presented with the honour by ...

Tourist arrivals to Cyprus reached 554,923 people in August 2024, an 8.5 per cent increase compared to 511,387 in August 2023, according to a report released on Tuesday from the Cyprus Statistical Service (Cystat). From ...

Visitor numbers at restaurants, cafes and bars in Cyprus reached 90 per cent of their total capacity in August, according to Neophytos Thrasyvoulou, president of the Federation of Leisure Centre Owners (...

Aegean Airlines on Thursday posted an after-tax profit of €43.9 million for the second quarter of 2024, while its after-tax profit for the first half of the year stood at €22.9 million. “Results ...

The Paphos Regional Tourism Board (Etap) this week said that preparations are in full swing in the village of Panagia as it gears up to host this year’s grape ...

Chairman of Agros Development Company Antonis Pissarides has highlighted the urgent need for support and compensation for mountain hotels, saying that they are at risk of permanent closure. Pissarides warned ...

The Larnaca Regional Tourism Board (Etap) and the Larnaca Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Evel) on Friday called for significant improvements to public transport services in the district’s mountainous ...

The Deputy Ministry of Tourism this week announced the launch of the second round of its grant scheme for the revival of rural, mountainous, and remote areas. The scheme is ...

As the summer tourist season edges towards its conclusion, Paphos airport is once again in the spotlight for all the wrong reasons. While the island’s tourism industry thrives, with ...

The price of package holidays in Cyprus as well as in the EU continued increasing in 2024, with Cyprus recording the third highest increase among member states in July, according to ...

President of the Cyprus Hoteliers Association (Pasyxe) Thanos Michaelides on Thursday said that hotels on the island have had a robust tourist season in 2024. This is despite a modest decline ...

Cyprus’ tourism revenue reached €385.2 million in June 2024, marking a 6.6 per cent rise compared to €361.5 million in the same month of the previous year. According to the Cyprus Statistical Service (Cystat), ...

A meeting of the House energy and commerce committee which focused on the latest developments regarding travel arrangements to and from the north was controversially held behind closed doors on ...

The Cypriot government is in the process of creating a national strategy for cruise tourism, aimed at transforming the island into a prime destination in the Eastern Mediterranean, it emerged ...

August has seen high occupancy rates at Cypriot hotels, reaching or even exceeding 90 per cent in some cases, according to Hoteliers’ Association (Pasyxe) general director Philokypros Rousounides. Rousounides noted that ...

Deputy Tourism Minister Costas Koumis on Monday decried what he described as “unfair competition” from the north in the tourism sector. Questioned by Politis Radio over tour operator Tui’s ...

Hoteliers in Famagusta are optimistic that occupancy levels will be similar to those in 2023, with current rates for July and August standing at 85 to 95 per cent. Panayiotis Constantinou, President of ...

The Cyprus government and the Turkish Cypriot leadership are in a furious row over a decision by tour operator Tui to stop daytrips to the north, with leader Ersin Tatar ...

Larnaca’s hotels are enjoying robust occupancy rates this summer, ranging from 80 to 85 per cent, according to Marios Polyviou, president of the Larnaca Hoteliers Association (Pasyxe). Speaking to the Cyprus ...