Tourism

The number of foreign tourists in Spain jumped 13 per cent in the first-half of 2024, putting the country on track for another record year for visitor numbers despite growing discontent over ...

The Paphos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Evep) has welcomed the signing of an agreement between the Deputy Ministry of Tourism and a consortium that will move the Paphos marina ...

Low-cost carrier Wizz Air is set to launch a new route from Larnaca to Cairo on October 29, according to an announcement released on Friday. The airline said that “the new ...

Free short stay parking is now available in the taxis’ car park at Paphos airport, the transport ministry announced on Thursday. Those wishing to drop passengers off or pick them ...

Larnaca and Paphos airports saw a 4.5 per cent rise in passenger numbers in the first seven months of 2024, compared to last year, according to Maria Kouroupi, Director of Aviation Development ...

Tourist arrivals to Cyprus amounted to 421,400 visitors in May 2024, marking an increase of 0.3 per cent from the 420,076 recorded in the same month of the previous year, according to a report ...

 The deputy ministry of tourism and Deloitte Triton Paphos Marina Consortium signed on Monday a 30-month contract to provide consulting services over the tender process for the Paphos marina development. ...

Deputy Tourism Tourism Kostas Koumis has completed a tour of Limassol’s wine-producing regions, with a focus on villages making Commandaria, saying that it is important to promote the Cypriot ...

By Santiago Melián González & Jacques Bulchand Gidumal While tourism’s ability to create new jobs is indisputable, there is much talk of these jobs being low quality ...

Cyprus is not as drastic as Barcelona but locals are still being priced out of housing market While Cyprus is not at the stage of the recent protests in Barcelona, ...

Despite a challenging year, Cyprus managed to see an increase in both tourist arrivals and revenues in the first half of the year, Deputy Tourism Minister Kostas Koumis said, while ...

The Paphos Regional Tourism Board (Etap) this week introduced a new application that brings the myth of Aphrodite to life using audiovisual means, after it had previously identified a need ...

“We all need to be cautious when discussing our country’s tourism sector, which is vital to the daily lives of tens of thousands of our fellow citizens,” according to ...

Barcelona cannot absorb an ongoing, unbridled growth in the number of tourists and has to impose restrictions so as not to become a “theme park” without residents, the mayor of ...

Recent reports in the Daily Express about a supposed “panic” in Cyprus’ tourism industry due to a “huge drop” in bookings have been deemed outdated and sensationalist by local industry ...

Passenger complaints against poor treatment by airlines are at an all-time high, according to the Cyprus consumers association. Speaking to the CyBC on Tuesday, Virginia Christou, head of the consumer ...

The Polish airline LOT has announced the resumption of its flights to Larnaca Airport, with four per week during the winter season. According to a press release from the deputy ...

Deputy Minister of Tourism Kostas Koumis is satisfied that the latest figures on tourist arrives indicate they would be at the same levels as 2023, a good year for the industry. ...

Greek airline Aegean on Friday announced that it carried 4.4 million passengers during the second quarter of 2024, recording an 8 per cent increase in passenger traffic. Furthermore, it reached a total of 7.3 ...

Tourism revenue in recent years, despite its high levels, has decreased compared to previous decades when adjusted for inflation, according to the Association of Cyprus Tourist Enterprises (Stek). During a ...

Low-cost airline Wizz Air celebrated a significant milestone this week, marking the transportation of 8 million passengers to and from Larnaca Airport since the company commenced operations in Cyprus. “This achievement ...

The tourism sector in Cyprus faces a significant downturn this year, with an estimated 30,000 fewer visitors and a loss of approximately €25 million, according to the president of the hotelier’s ...

Global passenger demand in May 2024 increased by 10.7 per cent compared to the same month in 2023, according to the latest data from the International Air Transport Association (IATA). The overall demand, ...

The Cyprus Hoteliers Association (Pasyxe) this week confirmed its full alignment and excellent collaboration with the government, something which was reiterated during the association’s annual general meeting. This meeting ...