Tourist arrivals up 21% in January 2018 amid signs of Russian market cracks

The number of tourist arrivals rose 21% year-on-year last month, to 62,611, yet another all-time high for a January 2018, defying a drop in the number of Russian tourists, the statistical service said.

The increase in arrivals was mainly on a 15% annual rise of tourists from the UK, Cyprus’ largest market of incoming tourism, to 17,404, Cystat said in a statement on its website on Tuesday. Arrivals from Greece, Israel, and Germany rose 35%, to 11,436, 57%, to 8,240, and 10%, to 2,431, offsetting a 21% slump in arrivals from Russia, Cyprus’ second largest market.

In a separate statement, Cystat said that the number of residents of Cyprus who travelled abroad last month fell an annual 1.1%, to 107,759.

Source: Cyprus Mail

Cyprus Profile

articles | 20 February 2018