President pledges support to boost Tourism in Cyprus

The government pledged continued support to Cyprus’ vital tourism industry promising to upgrade the tourism product for the benefit of all, said President of the Republic of Cyprus Tassos Papadopoulos.
He assured that the government will implement measures it has already announced.
In his address at the opening ceremony of the Hoteliers’ Pancyprian Association General Assembly held in Nicosia, President Papadopoulos said that “our firm position is that Cyprus’ reply to competition is offering quality and a special tourist experience to the visitors of the island”.
“I know and recognize the efforts by the Hoteliers’ association to upgrade Cyprus internationally as a high level tourism destination”, he added.
“The government, evaluating correctly the decisive significance of tourism to the economic development of the island and the people’s welfare, maintains in its priority, interests and aims, the continued upgrading of this key sector”, the President added.
He said the increasing competition from overseas “constitutes a challenge” which can only be handled with “upgrading and adjusting to new conditions and facts which demand the quality of tourism product to secure the quantity of the tourist flow”.