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All experiential tourist activities can now be booked in the same place, Larnaca Tourism Board said earlier this week launching a new digital booking platform where users can reserve tours, ...

A new chapter in Paphos’ tourism development began on Friday, with the signing of a contract to create the town’s new tourism information office. The municipality of Paphos confirmed ...

Two sisters from Scotland have been named Ayia Napa “tourism ambassadors” after decades of holidaying in the popular Cypriot resort. Ashley O’Connor and Heather Dingwall received the honorary title ...

While the growth in Airbnb accommodations boosted the broader regional economy, it has raised concerns over its impact on the traditional hotel sector, the Paphos Tourism Board (Etap) said on ...

Protaras is set to welcome over 160 swimmers from across Europe this weekend for a major open water swimming event taking place at the renowned Fig Tree Bay beach. The European ...

A total of 4.25 million tourists are expected to arrive in Cyprus by the end of 2025, Cyprus Travel and Tourism Agents Association (Actta) President Harris Papacharalambous said on Friday night at ...

Cyprus and India are set to strengthen their economic partnership, with high-level talks focusing on boosting tourism, hotel investments, and infrastructure development. The discussions took place on Tuesday between India’...

Deputy Tourism Minister Costas Koumis on Sunday said he is “moderately optimistic” over the future of tourism in Cyprus, despite the uncertainty for the lobal economy created by the announcement ...

Cyprus enters 2025 with optimism for its tourism sector, which is expected to match or surpass that of 2024, itself a record-breaking year, deputy minister Costas Koumis said on Tuesday. Last year, ...

Thirteen million passengers are expected to pass through Larnaca and Paphos airports this year, Maria Kouroupi, Hermes Airports Director of Aviation Development, Marketing and Communications said on Wednesday, with an ...

The rise in tourist traffic in the municipality of Paralimni – Deryneia is expected to be approximately 6 per cent this year, according to Mayor Giorgos Nikolettos on Thursday. Speaking from the ...

Deputy tourism minister Costas Koumis is heading to Berlin for a series of contacts with members of the German industry in addition to attending the large trade fair ITB, which ...

Paphos’ hotel association and the city’s tourist board have welcomed the planned resumption of flights from Israel to Cyprus in March, saying that the Israeli market was one of ...

The Deputy Minister of Tourism Costas Koumis has made a habit of producing numbers and percentages as proof of the good work he has been doing. While this is a ...

After a record-breaking year in 2024, extending the tourist season, enriching the tourist product and developing new markets are the goals for 2025, deputy minister of tourism Costas Koumis said on Sunday. ...

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 ...