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The Cyprus Architects’ Association (Sak) on Friday called for stricter controls and immediate amendments to laws governing the establishment and operation of tourist facilities on the island. The announcement follows ...

A new hotel is to open on Nicosia’s Makarios Avenue, according to reports. Newspaper Phileleftheros wrote that the new hotel will be built in the former Laiki Bank building, ...

Tourist arrivals in 2024 surpassed 4 million for the first time, breaking the previous record of 3,976,777 set in 2019. Deputy Tourism Minister Kostas Koumis hailed the milestone as a historic achievement, accompanied by ...

A record number of people visited the Christmas villages set up around the island to promote Cyprus tourism, the deputy tourism minister said on Sunday. Minister Costas Koumis told the ...

Revenue for Akamas municipality increased by 10 per cent this year from the use of sunbeds on Coral Bay, mayor Marinos Lambrou said on Tuesday. He said revenue generated by the ...

Three new apps have been created to enhance the virtual tourism experience of Larnaca, the local development and promotion board announced on Monday. The first concerns a virtual tour focusing ...

Passengers passing through Cyprus’ airports in Larnaca and Paphos reached a record high on Friday, with traffic exceeding 12 million passengers, as was predicted earlier in the week. “This important achievement ...

On November 30 total tourist arrivals to the island surpassed those seen for the whole of the year 2023, a record year for arrivals, Transport Minister Alexis Vafeades announced on Sunday. By ...

Nicosia can “emerge as a model for the combination of urban and regional tourism”, Tourism Deputy Minister Costas Koumis said on Monday night. Addressing an event held by Nicosia’s ...

Paphos secured the silver medal for the quality of its coast from among 100 green tourism destinations at the European Quality Coast Awards, the regional tourism board said on Wednesday. Etap ...

The Association of Large Investment Projects on Monday called for the creation of “integrated tourism projects” in Cyprus as a new category of construction, with the aim of expanding the ...

The Larnaca Tourism Board (LTB) has been intensifying efforts to boost the region’s online presence through collaborations with high-profile influencers. Recent initiatives aim to promote Larnaca to international audiences, ...

As the war between Hezbollah, Hamas and Israel rages on, Cyprus is playing an important role for evacuees from Lebanon. Positioned strategically close to the conflict zone, the island is ...

The Ayia Napa municipality on Tuesday bestowed eight frequent travellers to the area with the honour of being “tourism ambassador”. The eight – four couples – were presented with the honour by ...

The situation at Paphos airport is “unbearable”, Paphos district tourism development and promotion company (Etap) chairman Kyriacos Drousiotis said on Friday. “The situation is now unbearable at Paphos airport in ...

The Republic of Cyprus’ airports recorded their largest ever passenger numbers during the first eight months of the year. In total, exactly 8,179,421 passengers passed through Cyprus’ two airports between January ...

Greece plans to impose a €20 levy on cruise ship visitors to the islands of Santorini and Mykonos during the peak summer season, in a bid to avert overtourism, Prime Minister ...

Spanish authorities are encouraging the expansion of luxury hotels as they crack down on a surge in holiday rentals that has triggered anti-tourism protests in places like Barcelona or the ...

Tour operator Tui on Friday denied reports that it had struck a deal with the Republic of Cyprus to stop providing day trips for its holidaymakers in Cyprus to the ...

The Cyprus government and the Turkish Cypriot leadership are in a furious row over a decision by tour operator Tui to stop daytrips to the north, with leader Ersin Tatar ...

Tourist numbers at the close of the current season are expected to hit approximately the same levels as in 2023 but remain lower than the pre-Covid levels of 2019, with the odd ...

Turkish Cypriots have reacted angrily to a reported deal struck between the Republic of Cyprus and tour operators to cut the number of overseas tourists visiting the north while on ...

By Linda Osti It all appeared to begin in early July with angry Barceloni residents squirting tourists with water as they sat on restaurant terraces. “Tourists go home!” shouted locals ...

The north is “suffering major losses” in its tourism sector, former Cyprus Turkish tourism and travel agencies’ union (Kitsab) director Mustafa Soforoglu said on Friday. Speaking to news website Haber ...