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Tourist arrivals in Cyprus exceed four million for the first time

Tourist arrivals in Cyprus in 2024 exceeded four million for the first time, recording a historic value with 4,040,200 arrivals, compared to 3,845,652 in 2023, marking a significant annual increase of 5.1%.

The previous record for arrivals was recorded in 2019 and was 3,976,777.

In addition, according to CySTAT, tourist arrivals in December 2024 set a new all-time record of 133,063, compared to 123,630 in December 2023, recording an increase of 7.6%.

As stated, arrivals from the United Kingdom were the main source of tourism for December 2024, with a share of 23.7% (31,501) of total arrivals, followed by arrivals from Israel with 17.4% (23,168), Poland with 9.4% (12,473), Greece with 9.0% (11,969) and Germany with 5.7% (7,535).

It is added that the purpose of travel in December 2024 was holidays for 49.6% of tourists, a visit to friends or relatives for 37.5% and business for 12.7%.

Respectively, in December 2023, 58.4% visited Cyprus for holidays, 30.4% visited friends or relatives and 11.0% visited Cyprus for business.

Returns of residents of Cyprus

In addition, according to CySTAT 168,022 residents of Cyprus returned from a trip abroad in December 2024 compared to 153,736 in the corresponding month last year, recording an increase of 9.3%.

The main countries from which Cyprus residents returned in December 2024 were Greece with 31.2% (52,344), the UK with 13.7% (22,995) and Poland with 5.3% (8,956).

The purpose of travel of Cyprus residents in December 2024 was mainly holidays with 65.7%, while business reasons held a 16.3% percentage, studies 17.6% and other reasons 0.4%.

(Source: CNA)

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