Cyprus recorded 1.843 million tourist arrivals in the first six months of 2025, marking an 11.5% increase from 1.652 million in the corresponding period of 2024, according to data released by the Statistical Service.
June arrivals reached 498,527, representing a 3.4% annual increase. The United Kingdom remained the top source market with 181,610 visitors accounting for 36.4% of total arrivals, followed by Poland at 7.3%, Israel at 6.1%, Germany at 5.3%, Sweden at 4.8% and Romania at 3.4%.
Denmark posted the strongest percentage growth with arrivals surging 73.6%, followed by the Netherlands at 31.3%, Romania at 29.1% and Lebanon at 25%. Conversely, arrivals from Israel declined 41.6%, France fell 20.1% and Greece dropped 16.4%.
Holidays accounted for 81.2% of visitor purposes, while 13.2% travelled to visit friends and relatives and 5.6% cited business reasons.
Outbound travel increases
Cypriot residents’ outbound travel rose 15.1% in June 2025 to 157,324 departures, compared with 136,739 in June 2024.
Greece was the primary destination accounting for 34% of trips, followed by the United Kingdom at 8.3% and Italy at 7.1%. Holidays represented the main travel purpose at 61.6%, followed by business travel at 24.9%, studies at 11.8% and other reasons at 1.6%.
