Posts tagged with "tourism"

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, 2019 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, 2019 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, 2019 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, 2019 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, 2019 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, 2019 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, 2018 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...
Deputy minister for tourism appointed Cyprus

Deputy minister for tourism appointed

December 27th, 2018 President, Nicos Anastasiades on Thursday announced the appointment of Savvas Perdios as the new deputy minister for tourism. Perdios, 38, will be officially appointed as deputy minister next week at a ceremony at the presidential palace. According to Government Spokesman, Prodromos Prodromou, Perdios will, as of the beginning of the...
Majority of tourists satisfied with Cyprus holiday, would return – survey Cyprus

Majority of tourists satisfied with Cyprus holiday, would return – survey

December 18th, 2018 The majority of tourists who visited Cyprus between June and September 2018 said they were satisfied to a great extent with their stay, a survey commissioned by the Cyprus Tourism Organisation (CTO) has shown. The survey took place at the island’s two international airports in the cities of Larnaca and Paphos. It showed that...
Sea-change for vital tourism industry as CTO is transformed Cyprus

Sea-change for vital tourism industry as CTO is transformed

December 18th, 2018 The Cyprus Tourism Organisation (CTO) is in the final stages of being wound down after almost 50 years in existence and will, as of the end of this month, cease to exist in its current form, chairman Angelos Loizou said on Monday. Just as new record arrivals were announced on Monday, which point to almost four million arrivals for...
Cyprus still breaking tourism arrival records in November (Updated) Cyprus

Cyprus still breaking tourism arrival records in November (Updated)

December 17th, 2018 Cyprus recorded record tourist arrivals in November with a rise of almost ten per cent over November 2017, Cystat said on Monday. “The performance in November marks it as the best November in the history of tourism in Cyprus,” the Cyprus Tourism Organisation (CTO) said in a statement. “This successful performance for this...
Air traffic growth in Cyprus double the EU average Cyprus

Air traffic growth in Cyprus double the EU average

December 6th, 2018 Air traffic to and from Cyprus increased by 14.3 per cent from 2016 to 2017, nearly double the EU average of 7.3 per cent, a Eurostat report published on Thursday revealed. For the first time, the numbers surpassed 10 million in Cyprus, reaching 10,239,000. While 6,811,000 of those travelling to and from Cyprus travelled within the...
Airbnb bill delayed until January Cyprus

Airbnb bill delayed until January

December 4th, 2018 Lawmakers on Tuesday decided to wait until January to table to the plenum a bill regulating the operation of short-term Airbnb-style property rentals. MPs decided to withdraw the bill and to re-table it later with amendments due to the fact that an upcoming government bill will bring in major changes to the umbrella legislation...
What is Agros getting right? Cyprus

What is Agros getting right?

December 2nd, 2018 Judging by the ever-busy Rodon Hotel, Agros is a favourite destination for Cypriots and foreigners alike. But what is so different from other mountain villages, which are struggling to fill their hotels during most months of the year? It is probably a combination of factors. For one, there is the hotel itself which offers a range...
Ayia Napa ‘too successful’ to be merged under reforms, mayor says Cyprus

Ayia Napa ‘too successful’ to be merged under reforms, mayor says

December 1st, 2018 By Lizzy Ioannidou The Ayia Napa municipality is expected to have a budget surplus of €3.6m in 2019, according to Mayor Yiannis Karousos, who said its economic viability suggests it should not be merged as part of the planned local-government reform. The city council recently approved the sum of €19.2m for the 2019 budget,...
CTO reviewing Hilton Park's bid for coveted five-star status Cyprus

CTO reviewing Hilton Park's bid for coveted five-star status

November 28th, 2018 A submission by the Hilton Park hotel in Nicosia to become a five-star hotel is currently under review by the technical services of the Cyprus Tourism Organisation (CTO), a CTO official confirmed on Wednesday. The CTO head of the hotel sector Marios Chanakas said that the hotel owners will then have to submit the architectural plans...
Deputy ministry for tourism one step closer Travel

Deputy ministry for tourism one step closer

November 28th, 2018   The cabinet on Wednesday approved a bill to establish a deputy ministry for tourism, which is to be up and running at the beginning of next year. The cabinet also authorised Energy and Tourism Minister George Lakkotrypis to table the bill to parliament for a vote. The bill, according to deputy government spokesperson...
Ryanair announces new Paphos-Kiev route Cyprus

Ryanair announces new Paphos-Kiev route

November 22nd, 2018 By Bejay Browne Ryanair has announced a new Paphos to Kiev route as part of the low-cost carrier’s 2019 summer schedule. The Paphos regional board of tourism welcomed the news in an announcement, and the expansion of the airline at Paphos airport. The twice-weekly flights connecting Paphos and Kiev will get underway in April...
Red double-decker sightseeing buses come to Limassol Cyprus

Red double-decker sightseeing buses come to Limassol

November 18th, 2018 The international chain, City Sightseeing, has begun operating in Limassol and plans to expand to other towns on the island. The red double-decker open-top tour buses officially made their apperance in the coastal town on Saturday, CNA reported. Four buses are set to operate in the city and Limassol region. Limassol Mayor Nicos...
Illegal beds threatening tourism says Paphos mayor Cyprus

Illegal beds threatening tourism says Paphos mayor

November 11th, 2018 The tourist industry continues to be threatened by unlicensed beds, mayor of Paphos Phedonas Phedonos said on Sunday. Speaking to the Cyprus News Agency (CNA), Phedonos said as a district Paphos receives the largest number of tourists and the unlicensed beds result in unfair competition for hotels and apartment in addition to a loss...
Tourism revenues up but spending per person down Cyprus

Tourism revenues up but spending per person down

November 2nd, 2018 Tourism brought in a revenue of €428.2m in August this year, recording an increase of 1.1 per cent compared to August 2017, which generated €423.6m, the statistical service said on Friday. A larger increase of 2.4 per cent in tourism revenue was recorded in the first eight months of 2018 compared to the corresponding months of the...
Hotel workers threaten measures if new bill is voted on without their input Cyprus

Hotel workers threaten measures if new bill is voted on without their input

October 18th, 2018 Trade unions representing hotel workers on Thursday threatened to take measures unless the voting in parliament on a bill for the operation of hotels is postponed because they were not asked for their input. Unions Sek and Peo said that “neither the government nor the House trade and commerce committee has the sensitivity to inform...
Tourist arrivals hit record high in September Cyprus

Tourist arrivals hit record high in September

October 17th, 2018 Tourist arrivals in Cyprus recorded a historic high in September 2018 and in the first nine months of the year, figures released on Wednesday by the Statistical Service show. Cystat reported that arrivals of tourists reached 520,138 in September 2018 compared to 483,716 in September 2017, an increase of 7.5 per cent. “September...
Tourism revenues up 2.8 per cent in first seven months Cyprus

Tourism revenues up 2.8 per cent in first seven months

October 5th, 2018 Revenues from tourism rose 2.8 per cent year-on-year in the first seven months, to around €1.5bn, the statistical service said on Friday. July’s revenues also saw a 0.2 per cent rise against July 2017, to €426.6m. Per capita expenditure was €790.6 in July, down 1.4 per cent from €801.6 in the same month last year, the...
Larnaca beaches to be upgraded Cyprus

Larnaca beaches to be upgraded

September 30th, 2018 Beaches in Larnaca are to be improved with open air gyms, children’s play areas and courts for volleyball and tennis, the Tourist Development Agency (Etap) of Larnaca said on Sunday. In a written statement, Etap said that the summer season that has just ended was crowned a success “because our efforts along with the local...
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