Posts tagged with "tourism"

Tourism industry issues SOS, needs more workers Cyprus

Tourism industry issues SOS, needs more workers

March 19th, 20192604 Stakeholders in the tourism industry sounded an SOS on Tuesday over the “dire” shortage in both skilled and unskilled workers with the summer season just around the corner. Hoteliers and caterers said demand for labour is fast outstripping supply. For Limassol alone, the local chamber of commerce and industry forecasts that an...
Cyprus continues to break tourism records in 2019 Cyprus

Cyprus continues to break tourism records in 2019

March 18th, 20195907 Tourist arrivals to Cyprus broke yet another record in February and in the first two months of the year, exceeding the number of tourists that visited the island during the same period in previous years. “On the basis of the results of the Passengers Survey, arrivals of tourists reached 105,571 in February 2019 compared with 101,481...
Amid Brexit uncertainty, Russia boosts tourism hopes Cyprus

Amid Brexit uncertainty, Russia boosts tourism hopes

March 13th, 20191282 Deputy Tourism Minister Savvas Perdios told the Cyprus News Agency (CNA) on Wednesday that the Russian market is expected to boost tourism this summer. Perdios is currently in Moscow holding meetings as part of the Moscow International Travel & Tourism Exhibition. He said it seemed likely the tourist flow from Russia would be the...
Deputy minister says tourism aim is to keep numbers steady Cyprus

Deputy minister says tourism aim is to keep numbers steady

March 8th, 20191925 The goal for this year’s tourist season is to remain at the high levels recorded last year, achievable through cooperation within the tourist industry and appropriate marketing in various markets, deputy tourism minister Savvas Perdios said on Friday. Speaking after the ITB travel show in Berlin, where Cyprus had a stand, Perdios...
Revenue from tourism up 2.7% in 2018 Cyprus

Revenue from tourism up 2.7% in 2018

March 1st, 20191748 Revenue from tourism rose to a new high in 2018 according to data released on Friday by the Statistical Service. For January – December 2018 revenue from tourism is estimated at €2,710.6 million compared to €2,639.1 million in 2017, an increase of 2.7 per cent. However, the expenditure per person reached €688.22 compared to...
Challenges ahead for tourism industry, hoteliers say Cyprus

Challenges ahead for tourism industry, hoteliers say

February 26th, 20193371 Despite recent record years Cyprus’ tourism continues to face great challenges due to geopolitical developments, recession and competition from neighbouring countries, speakers at the 41st annual conference of the Cyprus Hotel Association (Pasyxe) said on Tuesday. These challenges need to be met through the continuation of the...
Tourism sector aiming to repeat last year’s success Cyprus

Tourism sector aiming to repeat last year’s success

February 22nd, 20192076 The tourism sector is aiming to maintain arrival rates this year at the same level as in 2017 and 2018, something which head of the association of travel agents (Acta) Vassilis Stamataris said on Friday could happen. “At the beginning of the year we have circumstances that show us some clouds, rains, some turbulences on the subject...
Infrastructure delays holding back Larnaca tourism Cyprus

Infrastructure delays holding back Larnaca tourism

February 22nd, 20191936 The main problems holding back Larnaca tourism were discussed at a meeting between deputy tourism minister Savvas Perdios and the Larnaca tourism board (Etap). Head of Etap Dinos Lefkaritis informed Perdios about the five delayed infrastructure projects which are the main causes of the problems. These include the construction of the...
Cyprus to focus on attracting special interest tourism Cyprus

Cyprus to focus on attracting special interest tourism

February 21st, 20193282 One of Cyprus’ goals is to attract special interest tourism which is huge market but it takes time, specialisation and targeted actions, Deputy Minister for tourism, Savvas Perdios, said on Wednesday. Perdios said after a cabinet meeting that an agreement had been reached on the main business pillars that must govern the final...
UK visitors boost January tourism figures Travel

UK visitors boost January tourism figures

February 18th, 20191698 Tourist arrivals were up in January, mainly due to a significant increase in arrivals from the UK. The travellers’ survey conducted by the statistical service published on Monday showed that arrivals of tourists last month reached 81,970 compared to 75,867 in January 2018, an increase of 8 per cent. The numbers are the highest ever...
Radisson to step up its operations in Cyprus Cyprus

Radisson to step up its operations in Cyprus

February 18th, 20194773 The Radisson Hotel Group will expand its operations in Cyprus from three to six hotels by 2025 after signing a new master development agreement with SunnySeeker Hotels. The group currently operated one hotel in Larnaca, the Radisson Blu Hotel. Two more, the Radisson Blu Larnaca Beach resort and the Radisson Blu Conference &...
Eleven tourists honoured for repeatedly visiting Ayia Napa Cyprus

Eleven tourists honoured for repeatedly visiting Ayia Napa

February 16th, 20192702 Eleven tourists from Norway were named Ayia Napa Ambassadors of Tourism in the first ceremony for 2019, held by the Mayor Yiannos Karousos. The ceremony was held on Friday, at the municipal offices of Ayia Napa. Karousos welcomed the visitors, explaining why they had received the award, saying that their frequent visits represent Ayia...
Paphos stunned by airline collapse Cyprus

Paphos stunned by airline collapse

February 6th, 20198568 Paphos is lamenting the loss of direct flights to Germany in the wake of the collapse of budget airline Germania on Tuesday after it failed to secure financing and immediately cancelled all flights. “There is no time to try and react to this devastating news to try and replace these lost flights as the new flight plans were due to...
Paphos tourist officials discuss future with new minister Cyprus

Paphos tourist officials discuss future with new minister

January 30th, 20191667   A recent brain storming meeting held by the newly appointed deputy minister of tourism saw more than 90 participants from all over Cyprus meet in Nicosia to discuss problems facing the industry, and how best to tackle them, according to officials. Some of the main issues raised with Savvas Perdios last week, were...
‘Tough year ahead for Cyprus tourism’ Cyprus

‘Tough year ahead for Cyprus tourism’

January 30th, 20195154 The year ahead is expected to be challenging as it will be a struggle to attract the same number of tourists as the previous two record years where visitor arrivals reached almost four million, head of the hoteliers’ association Pasyxe Haris Loizides said on Tuesday. Brexit and efforts of neighbouring countries such as Turkey and...
Casino important to Cyprus’ tourism product says minister Cyprus

Casino important to Cyprus’ tourism product says minister

January 26th, 20194031 The establishment of Europe’s biggest casino resort is of great importance to Cyprus’ tourism product, deputy minister for tourism Savvas Perdios said. According to an announcement by Melco, the operating and managing company of the City of Dreams Mediterranean project that has so far launched three Cyprus casinos, Perdios was...
Over half of Paphos restaurants closed for the winter Cyprus

Over half of Paphos restaurants closed for the winter

January 25th, 20192528 More than 60 per cent of restaurants and pubs are closed in Paphos in January, according to head of the Paphos restaurant owners’ association, Sykap, Fitos Thrassivoulou. Thrassivoulou told the Cyprus News Agency that the establishments will not reopen until between mid-February and mid-March. He referred to the known problems of...
Paphos seeks to lure more Irish tourists Cyprus

Paphos seeks to lure more Irish tourists

January 23rd, 20192047   Local officials and tourism representatives will promote Paphos as a top holiday destination at an important holiday show in Ireland later this week. The popular ‘Holiday World Show’ will be held in Dublin on January 25-27, and attracts tens of thousands of visitors every year. The mayor of Geroskipou, Michalis...
Historic number of tourist arrivals in 2018 with 3.93m visitors Cyprus

Historic number of tourist arrivals in 2018 with 3.93m visitors

January 17th, 20192622 A historic high of just under four million tourists visited Cyprus in 2018, which was a 7.8 per cent increase compared with 2017, date from the statistical service (Cystat) showed on Thursday. Between January and December 2018, a total of 3,938,625 tourists chose Cyprus as their destination, compared to the 3,652,073 tourists who...
Beers sales in 2018 the highest ever Cyprus

Beers sales in 2018 the highest ever

January 16th, 20191875 Beer sales in Cyprus reached 41 million litres in 2018, the highest since 2002, when records began. According to figures released on Wednesday by the Cyprus Statistical Office, the total deliveries of beer from factories in 2018 reached 40.99 million litres, compared with 39.4 million in 2017. Of this, 39.9 million litres concerned...
Huge upsurge in Google searches for Cyprus tourism Cyprus

Huge upsurge in Google searches for Cyprus tourism

January 16th, 20194092 Google searches by people interested in tourism in Cyprus reach about 100 million a year, while in 2017 there was a 60 per cent increase, according to the Google Travel Director for Greece, Bulgaria, Cyprus and Malta, Orestis Andrianis. According to CNA, speaking at the digitisation conference ‘Digi.travel Cyprus International...
Deputy tourism minister begins talks with stakeholders Cyprus

Deputy tourism minister begins talks with stakeholders

January 15th, 20191882 Cyprus must not get complacent with the growth in tourist arrivals in recent years and needs to diversify its product, deputy minister for tourism Savvas Perdios said on Tuesday. He was speaking to reporters following his first meeting with parliamentarians after being appointed to the junior ministry for tourism. Perdios said the...
Annual survey puts Paphos in ten cheapest destinations for Brits Cyprus

Annual survey puts Paphos in ten cheapest destinations for Brits

January 14th, 20193464 Paphos has been named the ninth best value for money destination for UK holidaymakers by the Post Office Travel Money’s yearly Worldwide Holiday Costs Barometer. The Bulgarian resort of Sunny Beach was named as the resort offering the best value for money break for UK tourists for a second year running. It was found to be the...
Cyprus ranked third on Family Beach Index Cyprus

Cyprus ranked third on Family Beach Index

January 11th, 20192454 A new ‘Family Beach Index’ ranks Cyprus third on a list of 50 family beach destinations in eight European countries. Researchers looked at air and sea temperatures, family friendly attractions, flight duration from the UK and average cost for a family of four to compile the rankings. The island of Crete came first, with the...
Paralimni mayor resigns from ruling Disy citing exclusionary policies Cyprus

Paralimni mayor resigns from ruling Disy citing exclusionary policies

December 28th, 20181906 Paralimni Mayor Theodoros Pyrillis has resigned from ruling Disy protesting the fact that his district, Famagusta, was being consistently left out of decision-making centres. In a letter to Disy chief Averof Neophytou, Pyrillis said the party acted as if there were no capable people in the communities that make up the district, a...
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