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Tourist arrivals to Cyprus amounted to 90,549 visitors in January 2023, compared with 43,944 during the same month of 2022, marking an increase of 106.1 per cent year-on-year, according to a report released on Friday ...

The Famagusta branch of the hotels’ association Pasyxe on Wednesday expressed concern ahead of the upcoming summer tourist season, noting that labour shortages remain an ongoing issue, despite the positive ...

The deputy ministry of tourism on Wednesday announced the launch of a scheme aimed at upgrading hotels and accommodation for tourists in Cyprus’ rural and mountain areas. The scheme is ...

Cyprus Airways carried more passengers in January this year than in 2019 before the start of the pandemic, the carrier announced on Monday. A total of 27,356 passengers travelled on the airline ...

International air travel demand remained strong in December 2022, capping off a year of recovery for the sector, according to a report released this week by the International Air Transport Association (...

Cyprus has seen the ‘most dramatic’ price increase in car rentals, out of nine popular tourist destinations, according to research published by Which? on Friday. The cost to rent a ...

The Association of Cyprus Tourist Enterprises (Stek) on Wednesday announced that a range of free seminars will soon become available to tourism sector professionals. “The Association of Cyprus Tourist Enterprises, ...

Cyprus’ tourism revenues for the period between January and November 2022 are estimated to have amounted to €2.3 billion, coming close to pre-pandemic levels, according to a report released this week by ...

German company AVIAREPS announced on Friday that it has been appointed to be the General Sales Agent (GSA) for Cypriot airline TUS Airways, representing the company in its key European ...

Cypriot airline TUS Airways announced on Wednesday a record number of passengers in 2022, with an increase of more than 1,100 per cent across the entire network compared to 2021. In its announcement, ...

Efforts to promote Cyprus as a tourism destination to American travellers are beginning to bear fruit as interest is growing, Deputy Minister of Tourism Savvas Perdios said on Friday during ...

The upcoming tourist season is expected to be much better than 2019 Cyprus’ popularity as a high-quality, low-price tourist destination highlights its competitiveness, attracting more and more holidaymakers. Reservations in hotels ...

The Cyprus Mail talked to Orestis Aristides, the director of Drakos DMC, about the company’s focus on golf on the island and how that sector is expected to grow ...

The total number of trips by Cypriot residents abroad increased by 129.4 per cent in December 2022, compared to December 2021, mirroring the broader trend in international air travel, which continues to recover. ...

The council of ministers on Wednesday approved the deputy ministry of tourism’s proposal requesting that 30 per cent of its budget be destined to projects aimed at improving Cyprus’ tourism. ...

Tourist arrivals to Cyprus reached 3,201,080 people in 2022, compared to 1,936,931 in 2021, according to a report released on Tuesday by the Cyprus Statistical Service (Cystat). Despite the uptick over the year before, ...

Cyprus Airways says that summer ’23 bookings are looking strong Cyprus Airways on Thursday released a report detailing passenger traffic results for the entirety of 2022, as well as the monthly results ...

Internet searches for Cyprus have increased by 30 per cent compared to 2019 thanks to targeted digital marketing carried out by mainly local companies, Deputy Tourism Minister Savvas Perdios said on Wednesday. ...

Last year was a difficult for hoteliers, and it is still too early to make predictions for 2023, president of the Paphos Hoteliers Association Thanos Michaelides said on Tuesday. Speaking to ...

A total of 9.2 million passengers travelled in and out of Cyprus’ airports in 2022, which corresponded to 82 per cent of passenger traffic in 2019, Senior Director of Aviation Development, Marketing & Communication ...

The Famagusta district will be the subject of a massive digital promotion campaign in 2023, Ayia Napa mayor Christos Zannettou said on Monday after a comprehensive action plan to promote the ...

The outgoing year saw a number of key events in Cyprus’ economy and business world, ranging from domestic legislation to influential international incidents By Kyriacos Nicolaou Resilience amidst adverse conditions ...

Cyprus’ tourism revenue for the period between January and October 2022 reached 90 per cent of those recorded in 2019, despite arrivals reaching 80 per cent of those recorded during that year, according to ...

Nicosia and New Delhi sought to strengthen ties on Thursday, signing agreements aimed to tighten military cooperation and expand the use of solar energy technology. Foreign Minister Ioannis Kasoulides said ...