Cyprus June tourism arrivals leap 9.7%

**Outbound tourism also up**

Tourism arrivals leapt by 9.7% over the year earlier in June despite a fall in the number of arrivals from the UK, which remains by far the largest market.
Arrivals of tourists reached 329,977 in June 2012 compared with 300,817 in June 2011.
The Russian market continued to bound ahead, with an increase of 42.1% from 56,407 in June 2011 to 80,145 in June 2012.
Sweden was also a strong market, with a 26.2% increase from 15,375 to 19,404, while arrivals from Norway leapt by 21.2% from 9,119 to 11,050 this year.
There was a milder rise of 1.9% in arrivals from Greece (from 13,273 to 13,530).
A 2.1% fall in arrivals was recorded in arrivals from the UK, from 127,747 in June 2012 to 130,545 in June 2011, and a 7.4% decrease was recorded in arrivals from Germany, from 10,693 compared with 11,543 last year.
Meanwhile, revenue from tourism in May rose by 14.5% to EUR 214.3 mln, compared with EUR 187.1 mln in May 2010—much higher than arrivals, which rose by just 3.5%.
There was also an increase in outbound tourism in June, with the number of residents of Cyprus returning from a trip abroad rising by 4.2% to 108,617, from 104.273 in June 2012.
A large increase of 10.9% was recorded in trips of residents to Greece, to 37,133 in June 2011 from 33,469 in June 2011.