Coronavirus: tourists ‘living it up’ sparks ire of locked-down residents
What is it like being a tourist in Cyprus, just as a strict two-week lockdown was announced, and why are some locals angry? Pictures of...
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The cemented love stories of 1970s Varosha
Are Lindsay+Mario and Marga +Walter still together? By Evie Andreou A loving couple writing their names in wet cement, like carving them on a tree...
Suspect in custody after two women report rape
A 28-year old man is in custody as a suspect in the rape of two women tourists in the Famagusta district in February 2018, police...
EU citizens stymied by restrictions on crossing points
For Iwona, single mother of a nine-year-old, it was supposed to be the holiday of a lifetime. In late June, over coffee with friends, she...
Coronavirus: Cyprus is open to British tourists ‘only in theory’
The majority of travellers coming or planning to come to Cyprus from the UK for their holidays mainly consists of Cypriot nationals living abroad, according...
Glad to be here: UK tourists land in Cyprus
The first tourists from the UK since it was placed in category B arrived in Cyprus on Saturday amid more than a week of confusion...
Coronavirus: Cyprus will accept UK NHS negative tests with specific details
The government on Friday announced that it would accept negative coronavirus test certificates issued by the British NHS from passengers arriving from the UK. Following...
Ayia Napa looking forward to welcoming domestic tourists
Ayia Napa mayor Christos Zanettou said on Thursday he was pleased with increasing activity in the resort last weekend while looking forward to even more...
Revenue from tourism declines for the first time in five years
Revenue from tourism declined by one per cent to €2,683 million in 2019 from €2,711 the year before, data published by the Cyprus Statistical Service...
Traffic lights to be upgraded, stricter laws for rentals
The traffic control system software called ‘SCOOT’, a network used to maintain safe movements on roads, will be upgraded, Transport Minister Yiannis Karousos has said....
Over nine million crossings in 2018
In the first 11 months of 2018, there were over nine million crossings between the two sides, Turkish Cypriot media reported on Tuesday. According to...
Video of Scandinavian tourists’ killing ‘likely to be authentic’
A video purportedly showing the killings of two Scandinavian tourists in Morocco by suspected Islamist State militants is probably authentic, Norwegian police said on Friday. The bodies...
Tourism revenues up but spending per person down
Tourism brought in a revenue of €428.2m in August this year, recording an increase of 1.1 per cent compared to August 2017, which generated €423.6m,...
Russian tourist couple killed after car goes off a cliff (Updated)
Two Russian tourists, a man, 58 and his wife, 48, were killed on Saturday after their rental car went off a cliff and plunged 30...
‘Stay away’ reclusive monastery tells mass tourists
By Evie Andreou THE monastery of Trooditissa dedicated to the Virgin Mary on the southern slopes of the Troodos mountains on Friday defended a decision...
Deaths in Thailand tourist boat accident ‘up to 60’ (Update)
Thai rescuers deployed helicopters on Friday in a search for 29 people missing after the sinking of a boat carrying Chinese tourists, with one official...
Tourist arrivals up 7.6% despite slump in number of Russians
Tourist arrivals rose in May by 7.6 per cent to 450,955 compared to the respective month of 2017 as secondary markets offset a decline in...
Appeal to leave migrating flamingos in peace
WITH the first migrating flamingos returning to Larnaca and Oroklini salt lakes the Larnaca tourist board is warning visitors not to disturb them. An announcement...
Frequent visitors declared Ayia Napa Ambassadors
Seven Scottish and British tourists were declared ‘Ayia Napa’s Tourism Ambassadors’ for visiting the area scores of times over the years. Bill and Dixie Forbes...
Lifeguards ‘at breaking point’ in Paphos
By Bejay Browne PAPHOS lifeguards have reached breaking point they said on Monday with beaches full to bursting with tourists and locals, and are desperate...