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By Stavros Nikolaou Occupancy rates are expected to remain low at around 50 per cent of capacity in August, the president of the Paphos Hotels Association Thanos Michaelides told the Cyprus ...

Tourist arrivals in August are expected to be around the same as those for July and only slightly better than those for June, Deputy Tourism Minister Savvas Perdios has said. ...

Paphos is the seventh cheapest holiday destination in Europe for British travellers, according to the latest British Post Office Travel Money survey. The survey covered 16 destinations in Europe, 13 in the ...

With an expected boost in bookings not seen, industry professionals are now hoping to just break even With July coming to a close hotel bookings in Cyprus from the British ...

Israeli politicians members of the country’s coronavirus cabinet, a high-level ministerial forum tasked with leading the government’s pandemic response, has voted during a parliamentary session to add Cyprus, ...

Bookings from UK tourists in Paphos are still very low, despite the UK government decision that fully vaccinated Britons returning from medium-risk amber list countries, such as Cyprus, will no ...

A significant increase in air travel to and from Britain has been recorded in the week since quarantine restrictions were lifted in the UK, Hermes Airports said on Tuesday. It ...

A steady increase in tourist arrivals from abroad has led to a 30-40 per cent occupancy rate at Ayia Napa hotels, the town’s mayor said on Tuesday. Christos Zannettou ...

A total of 35,361 residents in Cyprus boarded a flight from the island to go abroad in June 2021, an increase of over 200 per cent compared to the same month last year, ...

The restart of international travel could be seriously delayed without worldwide reciprocal recognition of all approved COVID-19 vaccines, says the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC). The global tourism body, ...

The UK has lifted travel advice to British nationals to avoid all but essential travel to Cyprus, based on the current assessment of Covid-19 risks, but tourism stakeholders warned that ...

The deputy ministry for tourism on Tuesday released a list of hotels participating in its subsided holidays scheme for vaccinated people. The list includes more than 200 hotels in all districts ...

The association of tourist businesses (Stek) said on Monday strict checks and vaccinations were the only ways to improve the island’s epidemiological condition and its position against other destinations. ...

The Deputy Ministry of Tourism talks about upgrading the quality of our tourism product, the local hotels and recreational places, both in terms of the buildings and facilities and the ...

One of the world’s largest cruise line operators, Royal Caribbean International considers Cyprus a potential future cruise destination, senior vice president Sean Treacy told an event in Limassol. Treacy ...

Thursday’s announcement by the British government that English holidaymakers no longer have to self-isolate on their return from countries it has put on the amber list, including Cyprus, is ...

Hoteliers sounded the alarm on Monday over booking cancellations already underway, warning that unless something “drastic” happens, it could be curtains on the entire 2021 tourist season. Speaking to Stockwatch, Marios ...

Greece and Cyprus are strengthening their cooperation over tourism, with particular emphasis on the promotion of cruises, tourism officials said on Wednesday. The two countries’ deputy ministers of tourism, Greece’...

International tourism arrivals are set to stagnate this year, except in some Western markets, causing up to $2.4 trillion in losses, a U.N. study said on Wednesday, adding the sector ...

The best marketing for tourism would be the vaccination of all people working in the industry, showing that Cyprus is a safe country to visit, Finance Minister Constantinos Petrides said ...

A new initiative will see Larnaca’s beekeepers offer interactive programmes and tours to visitors, the Larnaca tourism board (Etap) announced on Tuesday. The Honey Road initiative is “a sustainable ...

A typical hotel which installs 80 solar panels will have energy savings from heating water of between 30 and 40 per cent, an Employers and Industrialists Federation (OEB) official told an online seminar. ...

A new eco-friendly lifeguard tower is being built in Oroklini, the community’s leader Neophytos Fakontis said on Tuesday. The tower will have sanitation facilities, electricity from renewable energy sources, ...

Cyprus’ tourism industry has much more to offer than just the sun and the sea, deputy minister Savvas Perdios said at an event to rebrand the island’s tourism profile. “...