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The deputy ministry of tourism has created an augmented reality app that uses dragons and other mythical characters to take users on a fantastical virtual tour of 20 Cypriot villages. The ...

The first quarter of 2024 has ended with an increase of 5. 4 per cent in tourist arrivals compared to last year, deputy tourism minister Costas Koumis said on Saturday. Speaking to reporters ...

Deputy Minister for Tourism Costas Koumis said he is optimistic that tourist arrivals in 2024 will equal the numbers registered last year, despite geopolitical crisis marking the region. Opening the Cyprus ...

Hotel occupancy rates in Cyprus are expected to range from 50 to 55 per cent in April, according to the president of the hoteliers association (Pasyxe) Thanos Michaelides, who also added that ...

The Paphos regional board of tourism (Etap) heralded on Sunday that regular flights between Cyprus and Tel Aviv will resume. Etap referred to a recent Ryanair announcement which said starting ...

Proposals covering the operation of luxury camping sites – or glamping units – were submitted to the House commerce committee on Tuesday by Deputy Minister of Tourism Costas Koumis aiming to push ...

Students at Tepak have developed an app to help foreign drivers adjust to driving in Cyprus. The simulation is designed to enable tourists and others to get used to driving ...

The flow of tourists travelling from Israel to Cyprus is expected to be restored to last year’s levels within the next month, Association of Cyprus Travel Agents (Acta) chairman ...

Tourist arrivals recovered in February from the dip seen in January with a five per cent increase on figures from last year, data released on Tuesday showed. As a result, ...

A proposal to establish a special category of “rural hotels” was discussed by the House commerce committee on Tuesday. The proposed law, tabled by Disy MPs Kyriakos Hadjiyiannis and Nikos ...

European Union countries are negotiating exemptions for a proposed EU-wide tax on polluting aviation fuel for islands, in a move that could benefit countries such as Ireland, Cyprus, Malta, Spain ...

Airlines are testing fliers’ tolerance for high prices to bolster profits By Joanna Plucinska and Rajesh Kumar Singh US and European airlines will aim to boost profits again this year ...

Deputy Minister of Tourism Kostas Koumis has denied claims that Cyprus’ tourist arrivals for 2024 will fall short of more than 500,000 seats compared to the previous year. Despite the challenges ahead, ...

A meeting convened by the Paphos Regional Tourism Development and Promotion Company (ETAP) on Monday saw stakeholders and members planning to enhance wedding tourism in the region. Representatives from Paphos, ...

The Association of Cyprus Tourist Enterprises (Stek) on Monday released a statement expressing concern about the island’s tourism prospects for 2024, highlighting significant challenges ahead. During a recent session, the ...

Russia’s Alliance of Tourist Agents warned Russians to avoid trips to the north, it emerged on Wednesday. Deputy head of the alliance Aleksan Mkrtchyan was speaking on Govorit Moscow ...

Turkish Cypriots are concerned about changes on travel website booking.com, which has updated travel information to Cyprus, warning tourists to take care over arriving in northern Cyprus. According to ...

It’s a misconception that service charges on bills go towards staff wages In the tourist haven of Cyprus, tipping at bars and restaurants isn’t as straightforward as it ...

Low cost air carrier Wizz Air on Monday announced that it recorded a significant surge in its Cypriot passenger numbers in 2023, with a remarkable 71 per cent increase compared to the ...

In 2023, ‘Cyprus’ was searched millions of times. Who searched for the island? When did they look us up? Why were they fascinated? Did you know that Cyprus was one of ...

The ReInHerit European project team announced on Friday the opening of entries for the upcoming ReInHerit Smart Tourism Hackathon. According to a statement from the organisers, the event is designed ...

The average occupancy rate for hotels in December is projected to hover between 35 and 40 per cent, according to the director general of the Hoteliers Association (Pasyxe) Philokypros Roussounides. Speaking to ...

The Larnaca tourism development company (Etap) on Thursday announced it has completed a number of upgrades to beaches as part of efforts to enrich and green the district’s coastal ...

Representatives of the service industry called on the government to relax rules regarding the employment of third country nationals, citing a “massive problem” in the lack of human resources. The ...