A whole new way to market Christmas
We have lost many things to Covid-19 over the last two years, including the festive spirit. Gina Agapiou visits some of the Christmas villages in...
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A complicated, cautiously social Christmas
It shouldn’t be such a grim Christmas this year, but socialising will be a confusing, rule-laden affair – and subject to change A second...
Coronavirus: Subsidised holiday scheme for vaxxed and recovered being reintroduced
The subsided holidays scheme for the vaccinated and those who have recovered from Covid will be reintroduced in December until March, the deputy ministry of...
Over 80,000 cannot afford a week’s holiday
More than 80,000 people living in Cyprus cannot afford a one-week holiday according to research carried out by the European Trade Union Confederation published on...
New holiday scheme for low-income pensioners
Cabinet has approved a new holiday scheme for low-income pensioners for the period of September 1 to December 22 covering accommodation and full board at...
Coronavirus: Brits already gearing up for Cyprus holidays
By Jonathan Shkurko and Nick Theodoulou The tourism deal struck between Cyprus and the UK – assuring travel without restrictions for Britons who have been...
Coronavirus: Cyprus-Greece holiday traffic decimated in 2020
Passenger traffic from Cyprus to Greece, the top holiday destination for Cypriots, fell by up to 80 per cent during certain periods in 2020, according...
Hotels and camping sites busy over August 15 weekend
Famagusta hotels that reopened were about 70 per cent full over the August 15 weekend, chairman of the Cyprus hotel association (Pasyxe) district branch Doros...
Low-income pensioners eligible for mountain holiday scheme
Low-income pensioners are eligible for a €500,000 government scheme funding hotel stays in mountainous areas and Pyrgos Tylliria, the cabinet announced on Wednesday. This is...
Cypriots spend 89 per cent of their holiday budgets on trips abroad
Cypriots spend 89 per cent of their travel expenditure on trips abroad, much more than the average European, who spends 56 per cent on trips...
