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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 ...

The Association of Cyprus Tourist Enterprises (Stek) urged the government on Thursday to take immediate action to solve all issues related to staff shortages in hotels, adding that, so far, ...

The deputy tourism ministry announced on Wednesday 12 grant schemes that will come into effect this year as part of its national tourism strategy 2030. “The plans concern the development of special ...

A draft bill that will regulate the operation of hostels on the island will be ready in a month, filling a gap in tourism-related legislation, it emerged on Tuesday. The ...

Occupancy levels of hotels that are open in Paphos are not even reaching 20 per cent, president of the Paphos Hoteliers Associaion Thanos Michaelides said on Sunday. Speaking to the Cyprus ...

Strong focus on special interest and ‘authentic’ experiences By Evie Andreou The deputy tourism ministry has spent the last 18 months of the pandemic ‘repurposing’ the industry, minister Savvas Perdios said ...

Several scheduled flights to Paphos airport have been cancelled due to the increased severity of the Covid-19 situation in Europe, as well as in Cyprus, according to the Paphos Regional ...

Paphos hoteliers have issued an SOS for staff and are calling on the government to plan early for the 2022 tourist season. The Paphos president of the Cyprus Hotel Association (Pasyxe), ...

The scenario for tourism in Paphos is not at all encouraging, vice-president of the Paphos Hoteliers Association Evelyn Kleanthous Komodromou said on Thursday. She said that in recent weeks tour ...

The country’s tourism boss sounded a cautiously optimistic note on Thursday about the sector’s prospects in the new year, but acknowledged the looming uncertainty as European leaders in ...

Paphos hotels have been operating at a 30-40 per cent capacity so far in December, the district’s hoteliers’ association said on Wednesday. Association head Thanos Michaelides said that in ...

Lefkara has been recognised as one of the ‘Best Tourism Villages’ by the United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO). The initiative was launched to advance the role of tourism in ...

Paphos regional board of tourism (ETAP) has announced that it will be promoting the region as a year-round tourist destination for locals, following the success of its summer campaign to ...

Staff shortages threaten the quality of services and the hotels’ ability to serve more customers than 2021, the association of tourism businesses (Stek) said on Monday. In a written statement, Stek ...

Paphos hotels operated at a 50-55 per cent capacity in November, Paphos hoteliers association head Thanos Michaelides said on Saturday. Even though November did not reach 2019 figures, it was a ...

Cyprus has redefined its tourism offering to satisfy a changing market, deputy tourist minister Savvas Perdios told British tour operators as he struck an upbeat note for 2022. Speaking at a ...

The deputy ministry for tourism’s budget for 2022 focuses on six main areas, deputy minister Savvas Perdios said while presenting his ministry’s budget to the House finance committee on ...

But it all comes down to air connectivity and airlines keeping winter flights in place October was this year’s best month by far for tourism as hotels experienced their ...