Tourism in Cyprus is expected to once again achieve record performance in 2025, while for 2026 Nicosia is optimistic that the positive trend in tourism will continue, the island’s Deputy Minister of Tourism Kostas Koumis said on Friday during the discussion in the Parliamentary Committee on Finance regarding next year’s budget of the deputy ministry.
Regarding the contribution of tourism to the economy, Koumis said that in 2025 it reached 14% of gross domestic product, up from 13.3% in 2024. Similarly, tourist arrivals between January and September 2025 recorded an increase of 10.3% compared to the same period last year and 41% over a three-year period.
He noted in particular that the first nine months of 2025 were the best in the country’s tourism history, with Cyprus recording the largest increase in the EU in terms of stays in licensed accommodation.
He added that Cyprus also ranks first among all European Mediterranean countries in terms of tourism revenue growth for the first half of the year, with tourism revenues for that period rising by 21.3%.
Koumis also told committee members that the amended National Tourism Strategy is expected to be approved soon.
