#tourism

Cypriot hoteliers were hopeful on Tuesday that tourism would slowly recover this year after tour operators in the UK reported a surge of around 600 per cent in holiday bookings, with ...

With the coronavirus pandemic still raging, Cyprus welcomed only 3,889 tourists in January, a massive 95.5 per cent slump compared to last January’s 85,622 tourist arrivals, according to figures published by the ...

Spain hopes the introduction of vaccination passports combined with pre-travel Covid-19 testing will allow British tourists to return to Spanish destinations this summer, a tourism ministry source told Reuters on ...

The epidemiological data in Cyprus are at a turning point as regards tourism, Deputy Minister for Tourism Savvas Perdios has said, stressing that at a time when the whole of ...

An agreement reached between Cyprus and Israel to allow the free movement of vaccinated Israelis to the island was welcomed by the transport Minister Yiannis Karousos on Monday. He said ...

As of April 1, Israelis vaccinated with a vaccine approved by the European Medicine Association (EMA) will not be required to take a PCR test to travel to Cyprus and will ...

Flights and tourism between Israel and Cyprus will resume as soon as conditions allow, the two countries’ presidents said on Sunday following a meeting in Jerusalem. President Nicos Anastasiades met ...

Twin sisters and influencers Marianna and Sofia Erotokritou, 25, from Limassol, have been honoured by Greece for promoting Greek tourism in China through social media. The two sisters, who have been ...

Tourism-dependent Greece and Cyprus discussed requesting vaccination certificates from travellers arriving in the two countries, Greek Prime Minister Kyriacos Mitsotakis said on Monday, following a meeting with President Nicos Anastasiades ...

The total number of travellers that arrived in 2020 plunged to one fifth of total arrivals the previous year as the coronavirus pandemic wreaked havoc on the sector, figures published by ...

Applications have opened for nine new incentive schemes aimed at promoting special interest tourism while enhancing sustainability, the deputy ministry of tourism said on Monday. The schemes, which comes as ...

The Cyprus Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Keve) on Wednesday said the government ought to allow locals stay in hotels and other tourist accommodation facilities if they have negative rapid ...

There will be no special treatment for people who have been vaccinated against Covid-19, Deputy Minister for Tourism Savvas Perdios said on Tuesday, stressing that the country is open to ...

Paphos has won another European award, the local tourism board has announced. The Paphos Regional Board of Tourism has been awarded, ‘Best Strategy in Creative Tourism Development 2020’, by the creative ...

The Paphos regional board of tourism supports the ministry of tourism plan to upgrade the local tourism product in communities, it announced on Friday. “We welcome the initiative of the ...

The council of ministers on Wednesday approved a plan by the deputy ministry of tourism aimed at boosting rural and mountain tourism. According to an announcement released by the deputy ...

The tourism industry in Cyprus could be headed for another barren summer as the European Commission advises an end to all non-essential travel. Fears over a third wave and coronavirus ...

Cyprus hopes to tap a new niche market for tourists with luxury camping, or glamping, for which legislation is being drafted, deputy tourism minister Savvas Perdios said on Tuesday after ...

The tourism strategy for Cyprus in 2021 will mainly focus on digital advertising, the Deputy Minister of Toursim Savvas Perdios said on Wednesday. Speaking after a cabinet meeting, he said that ...

Ayia Napa mayor Christos Zannetou said on Wednesday he expects the tourist season to start at the end of May. Speaking to the Cyprus News Agency, Zannetou said people working ...

The European Commission on Tuesday announced that it had approved, under EU State aid rules, “an €86.6 million Cypriot scheme to support companies active in the tourism sector (including organisers of ...

Brexit is not expected to affect tourist flow from the UK to Cyprus, at least not in terms of imposing travel obstacles, however the pandemic makes it impossible to make ...

Global vaccinations are the only hope to rebuild tourism for the second half of 2021, the Famagusta branch of the Cyprus Hotel Association (Pasyxe) said on Friday. This year remains uncertain, “...