#tourism

Cyprus deserves to be placed in the green list of countries by the UK government ahead of the crucial summer season, Deputy Minister of Tourism Savvas Perdios was quoted as ...

Cyprus’ battered tourism industry is anxiously awaiting a positive announcement on the British government’s updated country travel list, as some hotels have yet to even reopen. Hoteliers are worried ...

Deputy minister for tourism, Savvas Perdios will be travelling to London and Moscow in the coming days in attempt to push for tourist arrivals from Cyprus’ two biggest markets. Perdios ...

A delegation representing the Cyprus Hotel Association (Pasyxe) on Friday asked the British High Commissioner Stephen Lillie to move the island to the UK’s green list of tourist destinations ...

To boost tourism to specific groups Larnaca municipality and the Larnaca tourist board plan on grouping the city’s tourist attractions into clusters, starting with the Art Workshops Neighbourhood, they ...

A list of hotels and other tourist complexes participating in a special scheme to boost domestic tourism is available online, the deputy ministry of tourism said on Wednesday. Open to ...

Cyprus’ improved epidemiological picture might help put the country on Britain’s green list within one or two weeks, a tourist industry professional said on Friday. The significant drop in ...

Cyprus could be on Britain’s ‘green list’ in three to six weeks, a top official has said, as the island seeks to prevent another lost tourism season. Cyprus is ...

Despite the uncertainty concerning the arrival of tourists this summer, the deputy ministry of tourism remains optimistic that this year will turn out to be better than the last one ...

Timing often plays bad tricks on politicians. President Anastasiades wasn’t to know that his scheduled visit to Larnaca Airport on Tuesday would have coincided with an announcement by the ...

Cyprus is paving the way towards a significant tourism recovery through vaccinations and the support of European funds, President Nicos Anastasiades said on Tuesday. Anastasiades was speaking after a visit ...

Cyprus is among the most searched destinations as Britons consider their holiday options, but UK tour operators will not send customers until the Foreign Office lifts its travel guidance to ...

Cyprus welcomed 38,226 visitors in April 2021, compared to zero arrivals recorded in the same month the previous year when airports were closed to tourists as part of measures to contain the ...

Transport Minister Yiannis Karousos dived down to the submerged ancient port of Amathus off Limassol on Saturday to promote plans to introduce diving tours at the site in the near ...

Portugal will allow tourist flights from European Union countries with low infection rates and from the UK, but passengers must show a negative coronavirus test on arrival, the Interior Ministry ...

Two Paphos beaches will be made accessible to people with disabilities using European funds, the Cyprus paraplegic association announced on Thursday. The scheduled upgrades in Yeroskipou and Neo Chorio in ...

Four gorges near the Arodes villages are under review with the hopes of making them more accessible to nature lovers. Officials from the tourism ministry as well as the Pano ...

Economic activity in Cyprus contracted sharply in 2020, due to the Covid-19 crisis, though less than the EU average. The tourism sector has been severely affected, while the impact on domestic ...

Air traffic showed a significant acceleration in the first few days of May, sending optimistic signals ahead of the summer season, according to Transport Minister Yiannis Karousos. The minister, in ...

Cyprus is ready to welcome the first cruise passengers on the basis of a health protocol that was announced by Transport Minister Yiannis Karousos and the Deputy Minister of Shipping ...

Britain on Friday announced that just 12 countries qualified for its ‘green’ travel list, with Cyprus being placed in the ‘amber’ category. The tourism industry in Cyprus is set for another ...

Tourists will be able to move around freely in Cyprus using the flight pass obtained before travelling here in lieu of a ‘coronapass or ‘safe pass’, the tourism ministry told ...

Amidst preparations for next week’s reopening, the tourism sector is hoping for a better season than last year. In light of the end of the third lockdown on Monday, ...

Polis Chrysochous received very limited visits during the Easter period, but business owners are expecting to reopen in the coming week, mayor Yiotis Papachristophi said on Wednesday. This year, local ...