Cyprus tourism arrivals fall for third straight month in September

Tourist arrivals in Cyprus fell for the third straight month in September.
On the basis of the results of the Passengers Survey, arrivals of tourists fell by 3.2% year on year to reach 305,348 in September, compared with 315.437 in September 2007.
The main reason was a large fall of tourist arrivals from the UK, which supplies more than half of all tourists.
Arrivals form the UK fell by 11.6% to 157,863 compared with 178,664 in September 2007.
Arrivals Germany, also a large market, fell by 2.4% to 14,826 compared with 15,192 in the same period of 2007.
On a more positive note, arrivals from Russia, a growing market, rose by 13.4% to 25,898 from 22,839 in September 2007.
Arrivals from Sweden, the fourth largest market, rose by 15.4% to 20,400, from 17,677 in September 2007.
For the period January – September 2008, arrivals of tourists totalled 1,965,855 compared to 1,972,493 in the corresponding period of 2007, recording a decrease of 0.3%.