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Record high tourist arrivals in August

Tourist arrivals set a new all-time record in August, reaching 554,923, exceeding the corresponding arrivals of August 2019, the record year for Cypriot tourism, by 0.20%.

According to Cystat, for the period of January – August 2024, tourist arrivals totaled 2,758,627 compared to 2,648,795 in the corresponding period of 2023, recording an increase of 4.1%.

Compared to the arrivals of tourists in August 2023, arrivals in August 2024 went up by 8.5%.

Arrivals from the United Kingdom were the main source of tourism for August 2024, with a share of 34.7% (192,424) of total arrivals, followed by Israel with 13.3% (74,032), Poland with 7.7% (42,650), Germany with 4.2% (23,068) and Sweden with 4.1% (22,508).

Returns of residents of Cyprus down 3.6%

Moreover, a total number of 192,756 residents of Cyprus returned from a trip abroad in August 2024 compared to 199,920 in the corresponding month last year, recording a decrease of 3.6%.

The main countries from which residents of Cyprus returned in August 2024 were Greece with a share of 39.1% (75,381), the United Kingdom with 6.6% (12,718), Russia with 4.4% (8,538) and Italy with 4.1% (7,926).

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