Tourism

The Cyprus Statistical Service (Cystat) on Friday released its latest tourism report showing that 315,018 tourists arrived in Cyprus in May 2022, a 212.3 per cent year-on-year increase. The number of arrivals stood ...

London’s Heathrow said on Thursday demand for travel has been stronger than expected, prompting Britain’s busiest airport to raise its passenger number forecast for the year, while costs ...

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) on Tuesday said that the aviation industry’s sustainability efforts need to be further supported through extensive incentive schemes. The incentives, the association explained, ...

Strikes and staff shortages are forcing airlines to cancel thousands of flights and causing hours-long queues at major airports, dashing hopes of a sizzling first summer after COVID lockdowns. Here’...

Transport Minister Yiannis Karousos on Tuesday told attendees at the Flight Safety Foundation conference that Cyprus’ first quarter international arrivals almost reached 80 per cent of those in 2019. The conference examined ...

Limassol port management company DP World Limassol on Tuesday said that its aim is to re-establish Cyprus as a key cruise hub in the Eastern Mediterranean. Speaking at the 2nd ...

The Paphos tourism board (Etap) on Friday announced that Ryanair will fly to 32 international destinations from Paphos airport during its 2022-2023 winter schedule, with 90 flights every week during this time. ...

International tourism enjoyed a 182 per cent year-on-year boost between January and March of this year, according to the World Tourism Organisation’s (WTO) world tourism barometer, which was released earlier ...

British transport minister Grant Shapps said on Sunday the government would work hard with the aviation industry to avoid a repeat of the chaos at airports last week as passengers ...

Despite the Russia-Ukraine war, the Cyprus Hotels Association (Pasyxe) on Saturday expressed restrained optimism for summer bookings in local hotels. The association’s director, Philokypros Roussounides spoke to radio Trito ...

Ayia Napa’s municipality on Friday unveiled its new ‘Code of Ethics for Tourism in Ayia Napa’ in an effort to transform the resort into a model, modern, attractive and ...

Air travel restrictions imposed during the Covid-19 pandemic almost halved airport revenues in 2020, according to the annual Airport Economics Report and key performance indicators (KPIs) by Airports Council International (ACI) ...

Cyprus Airways on Wednesday announced that Paul Sies has been appointed to the position of chief executive officer, with Sies officially assuming the role on May 20. “Mr Sies has extensive ...

The Cyprus Shipping Chamber (CSC) on Friday announced that it welcomes the positions adopted by the Environment Committee (ENVI) of the European Parliament regarding the revision of the EU Emissions ...

The magnitude of the impact on the Cyprus economy from the war in Ukraine will depend on the duration of hostilities, and sanctions against Russia, Central Bank of Cyprus (CBC) ...

British Airways owner IAG (ICAG.L) said on Thursday it has agreed to order 50 Boeing (BA.N) 737 MAX jets for delivery between 2023 and 2027, in a vote of confidence in the ...

Hermes Airports on Tuesday announced that in May a total of 223 flights across 55 destinations are operating on a weekly basis from Paphos International Airport. In more detail, Paphos Airport this ...

Paphos hoteliers association (Pasyxe) president Thanos Michaelides on Tuesday said that hoteliers are currently faced with two challenges,the difficulty of finding staff, but also the high cost of of ...

A cruise ship carrying around 1,000 passengers from Israel docked at Larnaca port on Friday after a two-year hiatus of the service due to the Covid-19 restrictions. The Crown Iris cruise ...

Finance Minister Constantinos Petrides on Thursday defended the government’s actions to deal with the recent rise in consumer prices, saying that the measures that have been taken so far ...

Dubai’s main airport on Thursday reported its busiest quarter in two years as the rebound in international travel gains pace, with its chief executive predicting Dubai International could see ...

Hungarian low-cost airline Wizz Air (WIZZ.L) said on Tuesday it had agreed to work with Saudi Arabia to explore opportunities to develop the air market in the kingdom, which ...

Royal Jordanian Airlines on Monday announced that they are aiming to double their fleet over the next five years in order to increase tourist inflows into Jordan, with the latter ...

British Airways owner IAG (ICAG.L) has scaled back plans to ramp up short-haul capacity at Heathrow airport, saying a cut of around 5 per cent to its summer schedule would ...