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Tourist season boosted by Easter

Cyprus hotels saw an influx of tourists over the Easter holidays and expect local visitors to continue the trend for a getaway during the Greek Orthodox Easter break. In comments to the

13th April 2023

Cyprus/Life & Society

Tourist arrivals hit 3.2 mln last year

Despite Cyprus losing 800,000 Russian and Ukrainian tourists last year due to the war, visitor arrivals spiked 65% in 2022 after COVID-19 travel rules were dropped. Due to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

17th January 2023

Cyprus/Life & Society

Over three million tourist arrivals

Tourist arrivals in the first 11 months are at 80% of the record-setting 3.97 million in 2019, as 3.1 million made their way to Cyprus this year. According to CyStat data for

19th December 2022

Cyprus/Life & Society

British tourist has jail term doubled for Napa crash

A 25-year-old British tourist had his jail term doubled to two-and-a-half years after the prosecution service appealed the lenient sentence for the hit-and-run death of a Swedish mother in the holiday resort

2nd December 2022

Cyprus/Europe

EU tourist bed capacity dips, Cyprus stable

The number of beds available in tourist establishments across the EU decreased slightly in 2021 compared to 2019 but remained stable in Cyprus. Last year, the EU had an estimated 28.1 million

27th October 2022

Cyprus/Life & Society

Tourist arrivals to reach 75% of 2019 record

Tourist arrivals will reach 70%-75% of the levels welcomed in 2019 when a record 3.97 million visitors came, the Association of Cyprus Tourist Enterprises (ACTE) estimates. They said hotel occupancy for July

8th August 2022

Cyprus/Life & Society

Cyprus appeals lenient hit-and-run sentence

Attorney-General George Savvides has appealed a 12-month jail sentence handed to a British tourist found guilty of a hit-and-run accident which killed a Swedish mother in Ayia Napa. On Tuesday, the office

6th July 2022

Cyprus

British tourist arrested for hit-and-run death

A 25-year-old British tourist was arrested as a suspect in the hit and run fatal accident in Ayia Napa that cost the life of 46-year-old Camilla Christina Pamdahl from Sweden. The 25-year-old

5th May 2022

Cyprus

Tourist season takes off with TUI Boeing named Larnaca

Just in time for the summer season, Cyprus has a new flying ambassador; TUI is the first international airline to name an aircraft after a Cypriot town. Larnaca, the most important region

11th April 2022

Cyprus/Life & Society

Tourist arrivals in 2021 down 51.3% on pre-covid levels

COVID-19 battered Cyprus tourism began its recovery in 2021, but arrivals of holidaymakers to the Mediterranean island were still 50% below the pre-pandemic record of four million, official data showed Thursday. Last

3rd February 2022

Cyprus/Life & Society