April tourism revenue down 4.3% as Britons, Russians reduce spending
By Stelios Orphanides Revenue from tourism fell in April 4.3 per cent to €181.4m compared to the respective month of 2017 against a 9.7 per...
Cyprus tourism
Club 18-30 closure welcomed in Ayia Napa
The mayor and tourism board of Ayia Napa on Tuesday welcomed news that Thomas Cook will axe its once popular Club 18-30 holidays, describing as...
British envoy says Brexit won’t affect tourism
British High Commissioner Matthew Kidd said he does not believe that Brexit will impact Cyprus’s commercial ties with the UK, including in the areas of...
New record set in tourist arrivals
Monthly tourist arrivals exceeded the half a million mark for the first time in July, reaching 531,000, which was a 10 per cent increase on...
Tourist arrivals rise 41% in March, 32% in Q1m Cystat says (updated)
By Stelios Orphanides Tourist arrivals in March rose almost 41 per cent to 137,013 compared to the same month in 2015 mainly on increased arrivals...
Re-designing the island’s tourism
Cyprus’ tourism should be based more on its own competitive capabilities and less on external or geopolitical factors, Undersecretary to the President Constantinos Petrides said...
Lakkotrypis: Transaero bankruptcy a negative development (Update 3)
By Stelios Orphanides Giorgos Lakkotrypis, minister of energy, commerce, industry and tourism said that reports about a probable bankruptcy of Russian airliner Transaero is a...
Our View: Authorities should consider reducing airport taxes
ALL THE doomsayers that were predicting Cyprus tourism would be adversely affected by the closure of Cyprus Airways appear to have been proved wrong. The...
Cyprus should reclaim high-revenue tourism, rethink Central European strategy, professional says
By Stelios Orphanides Cyprus manoeuvred itself into a less lucrative sector of the international tourism business after it neglected high revenue niche markets as well...
More hands-on approach needed for historical and cultural tourism
By Demetrios Tsouris Regarding the article on the environment by Antonis Loizou, (March 30.) linked together with a further article “Why is Cyprus Tourism Failing”,...
