Cyprus outward tourism rose 6.3% in 2010

While tourists coming to Cyprus rose by only 1.5% in 2010, the number of people travelling abroad rose by a much higher 6.3%, to 1,246,378 compared with 1,172,268 in 2009.
There was an increase of 2.6% in the number of trips of residents to Greece (from 417,710 in 2009 to 428,686 in 2010), while there was an increase of 9.7% in visits to the United Kingdom (from 271,990 to 298,440 this year).
In December alone, 89,228 residents of Cyprus returned from a trip abroad in December 2010 compared with 89,287 in the corresponding month last year, recording a decrease of 0.1%.
In that month there was a decrease of 9.1% in trips Greece and a 2.6% in trips to the UK.