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Tourist arrivals record annual increase of 13.7% in May 2025

Tourist arrivals recorded an annual increase of 13.7% in May 2025 as, according to CySTAT, the number of tourist arrivals reached 479,160 in May 2025 compared to 421,400 in May 2024.

For the period of January – May 2025, arrivals of tourists totaled 1,344,486 compared to 1,170,214 in the corresponding period of 2024, recording an increase of 14.9%.

Arrivals from the United Kingdom were the main source of tourism for May 2025, with a share of 37.4% (179,150) of total arrivals, followed by Israel with 9.4% (45,249), Poland with 7.7% (36,800), Germany with 6.2% (29,938), Sweden with 4.8% (22,924) and Greece with 3.7% (17,591).

For a percentage of 81.2% of tourists, the purpose of their trip in May 2025 was holidays, for 11.1% it was to visit friends and relatives, and for 7.6% the trip was for business. Respectively, in May 2024, 83.7% of tourists visited Cyprus for holidays, 9.8% visited friends or relatives and 6.3% visited Cyprus for business reasons.

Returns of Residents of Cyprus

A total number of 143,296 residents of Cyprus returned from a trip abroad in May 2025 compared to 144,042 in the corresponding month last year, recording a decrease of 0.5%.

The main countries from which residents of Cyprus returned in May 2025 were Greece with a share of 28.3% (40,494), the United Kingdom with 8.1% (11,555) and Italy with 7.1% (10,202).

The purpose of travel for the residents of Cyprus in May 2025 was mainly holidays, with a percentage of 66.9%, whilst business reasons held a percentage of 29.7%, studies 2.3% and other reasons 1.1%.

(Source: CNA)

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