#tourism

The rift between Tourism Deputy Minister Costas Koumis and his permanent secretary Neophytos Papadopoulos, which culminated in the former placing the latter on leave and will soon be deliberated in ...

Ierokipia mayor Nikos Palios met Cyprus hoteliers’ association (Pasyxe) chairman Christos Angelides and other association members to discuss ways of improving the local tourism product. The meeting focused on cooperation ...

Cyprus and European Union officials highlighted on Wednesday the potential for sports tourism to expand travel, promote wellness and expand sustainability. The future of sports tourism and broader policy areas ...

With the arrival of the summer tourism season in Cyprus, thousands of residents and visitors will once again enjoy the island’s coastal and marine environment. Cyprus’ seas are not ...

Cyprus’ tourism sector is currently down by around 20 per cent due to ongoing instability in the Middle East, according to the head of the Cyprus hotel managers association (Pasydixe) Christos ...

I am a Cypriot citizen, a mother, a grandmother, and a person who deeply loves our island and everything it represents. I am writing not out of politics or personal ...

The international Blue Flag programme has awarded Cyprus 56 Blue Flags for 2026, down from 64 beaches in the previous year. Speaking to Alphanews, president of the national Blue Flag organisation and general ...

Deputy Minister of Tourism Kostas Koumis did the right thing on Tuesday when he introduced a sense of perspective and reason to public discourse about the lower tourist figures in ...

Tourism is closely tied to national stability, with arrivals down 6.5 per cent, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Tuesday. Speaking at the presentation of the new development tourism strategy of the ...

Flight schedules to Paphos airport, particularly from Israel, have returned to normal following recent disruptions. However, hotel reservations in the district have yet to recover from the impact of the ...

Holiday bookings for the upcoming summer season have so far fallen by 25 per cent, director general of the Cyprus hoteliers association, Christos Angelides, said on Monday. “The level of reservations ...

More than 390,000 foreigners visited the north during January and February this year, mostly from Turkey, according to Turkish Cypriot newspaper Kibris on Sunday. It also reported a significant increase in ...

Things are not looking good for tourism at present and there does not seem very much the authorities can do about it. Although there are no figures to describe the ...

The employers’ union (Oev) stated on Tuesday that the national tourism sector continues to operate under weakened demand, with recent performance being a direct result of the present regional instability, ...

Fingers crossed: that’s how industry stakeholders see the fate of the tourism sector this year amid the war raging in the Persian Gulf. Prospective travelers, already spooked, are either ...

Authorities are closely monitoring developments in the tourism sector and remain cautiously optimistic despite recent disruptions linked to the Middle East crisis, government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis said on Tuesday. Responding ...

Akel leader Stefanos Stefanou on Tuesday demanded that the government take action to save the island’s tourism industry amid an ongoing conflict in the Middle East and reports of ...

It did not take very long for the calls for state support for tourist businesses to start. The Hoteliers’ Association (Pasyxe) started complaining about a fall in bookings within a ...

Cyprus is a “completely safe” destination for tourists, President Nikos Christodoulides insisted on Tuesday, amid rising fears for the immediate future of the island’s tourism industry after its British ...

Disy president and House speaker Annita Demetriou called on Monday for an immediate crisis management strategy to protect Cyprus’ tourism industry from the economic fallout of the US-Israeli conflict, warning ...

We had warned last Sunday that President Nikos Christodoulides’ move to secure military support from a host of EU countries could backfire, by creating the impression abroad that Cyprus was ...

Government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis on Thursday pointed the finger at international media for its “exaggeration” in its reporting regarding the situation in Cyprus after the island was hit by an ...

The government is taking targeted steps to protect Cyprus’ tourism sector and counter what it describes as misleading perceptions abroad about the country’s stability. President Nikos Christodoulides, during a ...

Cyprus “was, is, and will always be a safe destination” for tourism, Tourism Deputy Minister Costas Koumis said on Sunday. He was speaking on the sidelines of the day’s ...