Cyprus tourism arrivals up 0.8% in October

On the basis of the results of the Passengers’ Survey, arrivals of tourists rose by 0.8% to 261,997 in October 2012 compared with 259,863 in October 2011.
An increase of 41.5% was recorded in tourist arrivals from Russia (from 32,995 in October 2011 to 46,690 in October 2012), and 6.7% from Austria (from 3,318 to 3,539 this year).
A fall of 5.4% was recorded from the United Kingdom (107,046 in October 2012 compared with 113,205 in October 2011).
There was a 4.4% decrease from Sweden (12,037 compared with 12,591), a 14.3% decrease from Germany (18,998 compared with 22,179 last year) and a 3.2% decrease from Greece (11,289 compared with 11,665 last year).
For the period January – October 2012 arrivals of tourists rose by 4.1% over the year earlier to reach 2,326,116 compared with 2,234,011 in the corresponding period of 2011.