Less Cypriots travelled abroad in 2011

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Less Cypriots travelled abroad in 2011, as data from the Cyprus Statistical Service show.

On the basis of the results of the Passengers Survey, for the period January – December 2011, 1.208.899 residents of Cyprus returned from a trip abroad compared to 1.246.378 in the corresponding period last year recording a decrease of 3.0%.

In January – December 2011 there was a decrease of 7.8% on the trips of residents to Greece (395.045 in period January – December 2011 compared to 428.686 in period January – December 2010).

A total of 81.890 residents of Cyprus returned from a trip abroad in December 2011 compared to 89.228 in the corresponding month last year recording a decrease of 8.2%.

In December 2011, there was a decrease of 13.8% on the trips of residents to Greece (26.204 in December 2011 compared to 30.410 in December 2010) as well as 3.9% decrease from the United Kingdom (25.657 compared to 26.712 last year).