Cyprus outbound travels slumps in February

Once a strong sector in Cyprus, outbound tourism tumbled in February by 17.5%.
On the basis of the Passengers’ Survey 60,076 residents of Cyprus returned from a trip abroad in February 2013 compared with 72,824 in the corresponding month of 2012.
There was a fall of 15.3% in the number of the trips of residents to Greece (18,999 in February 2013 compared with 22,428 in February 2012) and a 10.4% decline in trips to the United Kingdom (16,292 compared with 18,177 in 2012).