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Holiday bookings for the upcoming summer season have so far fallen by 25 per cent, director general of the Cyprus hoteliers association, Christos Angelides, said on Monday. “The level of reservations ...

More than 390,000 foreigners visited the north during January and February this year, mostly from Turkey, according to Turkish Cypriot newspaper Kibris on Sunday. It also reported a significant increase in ...

Things are not looking good for tourism at present and there does not seem very much the authorities can do about it. Although there are no figures to describe the ...

The employers’ union (Oev) stated on Tuesday that the national tourism sector continues to operate under weakened demand, with recent performance being a direct result of the present regional instability, ...

Fingers crossed: that’s how industry stakeholders see the fate of the tourism sector this year amid the war raging in the Persian Gulf. Prospective travelers, already spooked, are either ...

Authorities are closely monitoring developments in the tourism sector and remain cautiously optimistic despite recent disruptions linked to the Middle East crisis, government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis said on Tuesday. Responding ...

Akel leader Stefanos Stefanou on Tuesday demanded that the government take action to save the island’s tourism industry amid an ongoing conflict in the Middle East and reports of ...

It did not take very long for the calls for state support for tourist businesses to start. The Hoteliers’ Association (Pasyxe) started complaining about a fall in bookings within a ...

Cyprus is a “completely safe” destination for tourists, President Nikos Christodoulides insisted on Tuesday, amid rising fears for the immediate future of the island’s tourism industry after its British ...

Disy president and House speaker Annita Demetriou called on Monday for an immediate crisis management strategy to protect Cyprus’ tourism industry from the economic fallout of the US-Israeli conflict, warning ...

We had warned last Sunday that President Nikos Christodoulides’ move to secure military support from a host of EU countries could backfire, by creating the impression abroad that Cyprus was ...

Government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis on Thursday pointed the finger at international media for its “exaggeration” in its reporting regarding the situation in Cyprus after the island was hit by an ...

The government is taking targeted steps to protect Cyprus’ tourism sector and counter what it describes as misleading perceptions abroad about the country’s stability. President Nikos Christodoulides, during a ...

Cyprus “was, is, and will always be a safe destination” for tourism, Tourism Deputy Minister Costas Koumis said on Sunday. He was speaking on the sidelines of the day’s ...

Cyprus’ hotel sector continues to record stable bookings following recent security incidents linked to the conflict with Iran, with the hoteliers association stressing the destination’s resilience. Speaking to the ...

The annual inflation in the north stood at 39.5 per cent at the end of 2025, while tourist arrivals increased by 17.2 percent compared to the previous year, the north’s central bank ...

The number of Cypriot residents returning from a trip abroad reached 170,045 in January, an increase of 15 per cent compared to the same period last year, statistical service Cystat said on ...

On February 27, Europe’s sustainable tourism community will gather in Nicosia. The Cyprus Sustainable Tourism Initiative (CSTI) celebrates 20 years of meaningful action in advancing sustainable tourism by organising a high-level ...

The most serious issue facing Paphos tourism is its seasonality, head of the Paphos Regional Tourism Board (Etap) Nasos Hadjigeorgiou said on Sunday, adding that there is no holistic approach ...

A slate of projects worth €595,150 is set to be rolled out across the Polis Chrysochous municipality and its municipal districts, local authorities announced on Wednesday. The initiatives aim to create ...

2025 has been a very successful year for the tourism industry, Deputy Minister of Tourism Costas Koumis said on Sunday, adding that the island saw a new record of arrivals from ...

Nearly 10,500 hotel beds are available in Paphos district for the winter season, according to official figures from the Paphos hoteliers association, its president Evripides Loizides said, adding that while the ...

Around 20,000 visitors are expected to travel to Cyprus during its six-month Presidency of the Council of the European Union, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Wednesday. According to the president, visitors ...

Hotels in Cyprus are increasingly adopting the Green Key certification, as the scheme gains traction as part of the island’s broader tourism reform. The certification signals compliance with environmental ...