Tourism

Cyprus’ Fiscal Council on Tuesday announced that it has approved the forecasts and estimates submitted through the Stability Programme. The council also warned that if there is any delay in ...

This summer is looking to be a busy one for Paphos Airport, with 59 destinations in 21 countries connected through flights by 15 airlines that will gradually exceed 250 per week, Transport Minister Yiannis ...

Deputy Minister of Tourism Savvas Perdios earlier this week said that small, local communities are at the heart of the national tourism strategy moving forward. Perdios’ comments were part of ...

The Famagusta Tourism Board (Etap) on Thursday night held an event designed to showcase the district’s tourist product to Polish tour operators. The presentation took place at the Thalassa ...

Google results for Cyprus in the past few months topped the number of searches for the island in 2019, a record year for Cypriot visitors, deputy minister for tourism Savvas Perdios ...

Tourist arrivals to Cyprus in March 2022 amounted to 128,840, with arrivals for the first quarter of the year reaching 244,705, according to data released on Thursday by the Cyprus Statistical Service (Cystat). ...

The Paphos branch of the association of hospitality venues (Sikap) on Wednesday announced that venue capacity in Polis Chrysochous reached 60 per cent during April. Ntinos Paraskeva, one of the association’...

The hotel occupancy rate in the Paphos district during the Catholic and Orthodox Easter period stood at 60 per cent, according to the president of the Paphos hoteliers association (Pasyxe) Thanos ...

Cyprus’ trade deficit in January of this year amounted to €523.6 million, compared to €434.3 million in the corresponding month of 2021, according to data released on Tuesday by the Cyprus Statistical Office (...

The number of commercial flights to and from Cyprus in March 2022 were 17 per cent lower than pre-pandemic levels, according to data released by Eurostat. The decline for Cyprus was softer ...

London’s Heathrow Airport raised its 2022 forecast for passengers to 52.8 million on Tuesday, representing 65 per cent of pre-pandemic levels, driven by demand for leisure travel, but it expected numbers to ...

The recovery of the aviation sector from the pandemic could be hampered by confusing health requirements and fears that the sector is not prepared for another public health crisis, according ...

The Famagusta district is feeling the absence of Russian visitors, with tourism currently at low levels, the head of the Famagusta branch of the hotels’ association Pasyxe Doros Takkas told ...

Association of Large Developments president and Cyprus Chamber of Commerce (Keve) vice president Andreas Demetriades on Tuesday asked that the government quickly proceeds with the launch of an international tender ...

Cancelled flights and long queues at British airports caused by a lack of staff due to the coronavirus pandemic will hit confidence and hold back recovery unless the problems are ...

The Paphos regional board of tourism (Etap) this week announced that it participated in the inaugural meeting for the U-Mar Project, in Sicily, as part of the actions of the ...

Revenues from tourism in the first month of 2022 exceeded €28 million, with the rate of decline in revenue compared to the pre-pandemic era, meaning January 2020, remaining lower than the corresponding rate ...

Transport Minister Yiannis Karousos on Wednesday said during a conference held by the Employers and Industrialists Federation (Oev) at the Ayia Napa marina that passenger traffic to Cyprus is expected ...

Transport Minister Yiannis Karousos and Deputy Minister of Tourism Savvas Perdios on Tuesday stressed the importance of attracting high-quality tourists, who are more resilient to external shocks, as well as ...

There is interest from people in Scandinavian countries and Switzerland in visiting Cyprus this summer, according to the Deputy Minister of Tourism Savvas Perdios. Speaking from Switzerland, where he is ...

Finnair will commence direct flights from Larnaca to Helsinki from April 10 this year, an announcement from the Finnish embassy in Cyprus said Thursday. The Finnish ambassador to Cyprus, Harri Mä...

BUX, a European digital financial services company, announced on Wednesday the appointment of Jean-Raphael Nahas as new Managing Director of its Cyprus CFD operations, following the hiring of online brokerage ...

Cyprus Agrotourism Company (Kea) director Annita Demetriadou on Tuesday said that the island’s rural tourism product must be constantly bolstered, citing various aspects that require the organisation’s involvement. ...

Airports Council International (ACI Europe) and the International Air Transport Association (IATA) on Monday asked for the removal of all Covid-19 travel restrictions currently in force for trips within the ...