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Finnair will commence direct flights from Larnaca to Helsinki from April 10 this year, an announcement from the Finnish embassy in Cyprus said Thursday. The Finnish ambassador to Cyprus, Harri Mä...

Akel has drawn up proposals to boost domestic tourism as part of efforts to replace an anticipated shortfall of some 800,000 Russian and Ukrainian holidaymakers in the wake of Russia’s ...

Paphos is the fifth best value holiday destination for British travellers, according to the latest British Post Office annual holiday costs barometer. It surveyed 36 destinations worldwide to compare the cost ...

Authorities are working on increasing occupancy on flights to mitigate the loss of visitors from Russia and Ukraine, Transport Minister Yiannis Karousos said on Thursday during a visit to Paralimni ...

With the loss of Russian and Ukrainian arrivals, Cyprus tourism is now operating with a worst-case scenario and will need to tap alternative markets and domestic custom to, at best, ...

The war in Ukraine has seen hotel occupancy fall, president of the Paphos Hotels Association Thanos Michaelides said on Monday, with those hotels that are open running on an occupancy ...

With no Russian, Ukrainian tourists, vacancies in sector will not need filling As the tourism sector braces for pain following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, employers and trade unions are ...

Following the success and the significant response to the subsidy for the creation of traditional handicraft and winemaking workshops for the public in 2021, the initiative will continue throughout 2022, the deputy ...

By Jonathan Shkurko and Antigoni Pitta Transport Minister Yiannis Karousos and Deputy Minister of Tourism Savvas Perdios reassured hoteliers and local authorities in the Famagusta district on Friday that the ...

The government is preparing an action plan to cover the gap left in the tourist industry by the situation in Ukraine, Transport Minister Yiannis Karousos said on Friday as the ...

The problems Cyprus is facing from the EU ban on Russian flights, and other impacts on the economy from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine are to be at the centre ...

The total number of air passengers is expected to surpass that of 2019, the last pre-pandemic year, in 2024, reaching 4 billion passengers, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) said earlier this week. ...

Transport Minister Yiannis Karousos said the decision to close Cyprus’ airspace to Russian planes after Turkey said it would not impose similar sanctions will have to be carefully evaluated by ...

Flights abroad increased by 263 per cent in January 2022 over the previous January although they were down 64 per cent on pre-pandemic January 2020. According to the Cypriot statistical service, trips abroad for ...

Despite the ongoing crisis in Ukraine, Cyprus’ goal of attracting more tourists this year than last is achievable, Deputy Minister of Tourism Savvas Perdios said on Tuesday. Speaking to the ...

Any sanctions imposed on Russia will inevitably end up impacting Cyprus’ economy as well, particularly the tourism sector, president of the Employers and Industrialists Federation (Oev) Michalis Antoniou said on ...

Deputy Minister for Tourism Savvas Perdios has reportedly assured the tourism industry that the government is devising a contingency plan in the event of a flare-up in Ukraine and possible ...

Illegal tour guides are a plague on the industry, posing risks to its future, the Cyprus Tour Guides Association said on Sunday to mark World Guide Day on February 21. Those ...

Transport Minister Yiannis Karousos said on Tuesday he is optimistic about the upcoming tourist season as early indications suggest an increased flow of visitors to Cyprus this summer. Karousos said ...

Some 363 unemployed people showed up for job interviews at the Alexander The Great hotel in Paphos, the local hoteliers association head Thanos Michaelides said on Saturday, as the local industry ...

Tourist guides on Saturday said its members were being unfairly treated after the sector was not included in the new state support plans for businesses impacted by the pandemic. In ...

Tourism arrivals in 2021 hovered just below the 2 million mark – some three times more than the previous year but only half the record-breaking pre-pandemic year of 2019, according to figures published by ...

Boxing day was the busiest day for Troodos last year, with more than 5,323 vehicles counted on the Karvounas – Troodos road by a traffic counter installed as part of the EU-funded ...

The largest cruise ship in the world, the Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines’ Wonder of the Seas which arrived at Limassol port on Monday morning is expected to hugely benefit the ...