#tourism

By Andreas Charalambous and Omiros Pissarides With the end of the pandemic, the accumulated demand, and increased savings, partly as a result of the significant government support packages, led to ...

Cyprus tourist arrivals have increased by 32 per cent this year, deputy minister for tourism Costas Koumis said on Sunday, expressing the hope that visitors will continue to flow to the ...

Hoteliers in the Famaguta area are projecting a very good August for tourism, president of the region’s hoteliers association Panayiotis Constantinou said on Sunday. With occupancy levels of between 85 ...

Occupancy rates in Ayia Napa hotels are now similar to those seen before the Covid-19 pandemic, mayor Christos Zannetou said on Friday. Speaking to the Cyprus News Agency, Zannettou explained ...

A whopping 4,000 new sunbeds have been placed on the beaches of Ayia Napa. Ayia Napa mayor Christos Zannettou spoke about the move on Wednesday, thanking the workers who placed the ...

A two-day Green Tourism festival will be held in the village of Ineia in Paphos, organised by the Paphos chamber of commerce and industry (Evep). According to an Evap announcement, ...

Upgrading our hotels, restaurants, leisure centres, the quality of service and so on brings good results, but the cost is very high, especially for Cypriot budgets. The two flagships of ...

The occupancy of hotels in July was between 80 per cent and 85 per cent and better results are expected for August, when occupancy rates could reach 85 per cent to 90 per cent ...

30 per cent of the island’s foreign visitors stay in the region of Ayia Napa. Alix Norman asks tourists what drew them to Cyprus and, in particular, to this legendary ...

Fikri Ataoglu, the north’s ‘deputy prime minister’ and ‘tourism minister’, has called for tourism facilities to be built on currently forested areas. Speaking to local television station Bagimsiz TV, ...

This year many more tourists who arrive at Larnaca airport are going directly to the north for their holidays compared to previous years, according to a tourism industry expert. Head ...

Deputy Minister of Tourism Kostas Koumis described Saudi Arabia as a potentially significant tourism market for Cyprus. The minister’s comments were made during his visit to Saudi Arabia this ...

The Limassol tourism organisation (Etal) has created a new nature trail in the east of the district, which goes by the name Gyrismata, with the aim of attracting more tourists ...

People considering a visit to the village of Fikardou can now check it out beforehand from their comfort of their own homes after a group from the Cyprus University of ...

Cyprus’ tourism revenue reached €217.6 million in April 2023, compared to €185.1 million in the same month of the previous year, marking a 17.6 per cent increase, according to a report by the state’...

Cyprus tourism sector expects full recovery by 2024, with industry stakeholders cautiously optimistic as they navigate the current set of challenges By Kyriacos Nicolaou The recovery of the Cyprus tourism sector ...

Tourism is returning to pre-pandemic levels, deputy minister for tourism Costas Koumis said on Friday. Speaking to Cybc radio, Koumis was optimistic about the tourism industry, saying that it is ...

The tourism industry faces “important environmental and economic challenges ahead,” President Nikos Christodoulides warned on Tuesday addressing the Cyprus Hoteliers’ Association’s (Pasyxe) general assembly in Nicosia. The current world ...

In order to reduce the amount of rubbish seen on Paphos streets, the number of cleaning crews has increased, Head of Sanitary Services at the municipality Christos Christou said on ...

One third more visitors arrived in Cyprus this May than last year, official statistics showed on Tuesday after 420,076 people arrived. During the same month last year 315,018 tourists arrived. From January ...

Staffing issues, cost increases and a lack of diplomatic missions with some countries were the main concerns raised by the Limassol hoteliers as Pasyxe met on Monday. The hoteliers’ association ...

Cyprus is attempting to lure more tourists from the Middle East but it’s proving to be an uphill battle, deputy minister for tourism Costas Koumis says. He also says ...

Deputy Tourism Minister Kostas Koumis, is visiting Dubai and Abu Dhabi to explore tourism prospects from the UAE and the wider region of the Middle East, considered as a promising ...

A total of 77 beaches out of a total of 123 in Cyprus, as well as two marinas, received a Blue Flag award on Tuesday, a certification that shows they meet the ...