Poland has established itself as Cyprus’s third largest tourism market following July results, joining the United Kingdom and Israel as the top sources of visitor arrivals to the island. Tourist arrivals in July 2025 reached 589,116 compared to 551,229 in July 2024, marking a 6.9% increase, the Statistical Service announced. For the January-July 2025 period, […]
Nicosia Municipal Swimming Pool continues its upgrade programme, with interior building spaces set for demolition and renovation alongside energy efficiency improvements, following earlier refurbishment of external areas and pools. The related tender has been announced with a budget of €1.9 million excluding VAT, funded by the Recovery and Resilience Fund. Nicosia Municipality aims to complete work […]
Wizz Air has announced three new routes from its Cyprus and Greece operations, including direct flights from Larnaca to Venice starting December 2025 and to Tuzla from March 2026. The budget carrier will operate flights from Larnaca to Venice three times weekly from 2 December 2025, with fares starting at €19.99 for one-way tickets including […]
The Cyprus Deputy Ministry of Tourism is expected to take part in a total of 52 international tourism exhibitions in 2025, with the next major participation scheduled for the IFTM exhibition in Paris in September. According to the indicative list of exhibitions, upcoming events include the Caravan Salon in Dusseldorf at the end of August and three […]
Cyprus’ tourism sector is performing strongly this season, according to Cyprus Hoteliers Association (Pasyxe) director general Christos Angelides. Speaking to business outlet Economy Today, Angelides said the steady rise in arrivals is creating the basis for long-term planning, with Cypriot hotels aiming to extend the summer season into November. However, he argued that for the season […]
Chinese visitors have taken the lead at Cambodia’s Angkor Archaeological Park, with arrivals climbing significantly in the first seven months of 2025. The latest figures confirm China’s position as the largest source of international holidaymakers to the Kingdom’s most iconic heritage site. Wang Wenbin, Chinese Ambassador to Cambodia, said on Monday that the official statistics […]
The Research and Innovation Foundation (RIF) on Tuesday launched a new call for proposals under a programme titled ‘Enhancing Business Capacity for New Product Development’. The programme offers eligible Cypriot businesses total funding of up to €30,000 per project. The call is open to companies across all sectors with at least 10 full-time employees that […]
Larnaca’s €19 million sustainable mobility project has been officially launched following the signing of the construction contract at the Transport Ministry’s public works department. The contract, awarded to Araco Construction Cy Ltd, was signed by Public Works director Eleftherios Eleftheriou on behalf of Cyprus and company representative Mohammed Rokaya. The administrative court annulled the initial […]
The deputy ministry of tourism will promote the island’s industry at a total of 52 international tourism exhibitions in 2025, eight more than the previous year, it said on Tuesday. “The primary objective of the presence at the exhibitions was (…) to establish Cyprus as a year-round, quality, environmentally friendly destination,” the ministry said. Cyprus’ […]
British tourists top the list, with Israel second and Poland third Tourist arrivals in Cyprus rose by 6.9 per cent in July, with well over half a million visitors being recorded, according to figures released on Tuesday by the state statistical service. Specifically, a total of 589,116 tourists visited the island during this time, compared to 551,229 in July […]
SIEM REAP — What gives Cambodia’s ancient temples their unmistakable allure? Is it the intricate bas-reliefs etched into stone, the scale of construction that defies its era, their quiet coexistence with the jungle—or merely the passage of time? However one tries to define their beauty, capturing the spirit of these centuries-old ruins proves far more […]
PHNOM PENH – The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has partnered with three Cambodian banks to launch the country’s first Climate Bank Accelerator (CBA) program, a major step toward building a greener financial sector and supporting Cambodia’s transition to a low-carbon economy. On August 18, ADB announced that AMK Microfinance Institution, the Foreign Trade Bank of […]
Wing Bank (Cambodia) Plc is celebrating 17 years of transforming Cambodia’s financial landscape, evolving from the nation’s first mobile money service into a 100 per cent Cambodian-owned commercial bank that now moves tens of billions of dollars annually and serves millions across the country. Launched with the simple promise of making it easy, safe, and […]
Cambodia recorded 53,291 Chinese tourists to its famous Angkor Archaeological Park in the first seven months of 2025, up 21 percent over the same period last year, an official report said on Friday. During the January-July period, China was the fourth most significant source of international tourist arrivals to the UNESCO-listed Angkor after the United […]
The Kingdom and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have reported a substantial rise in bilateral trade, reaching approximately $47 million in the first half of 2025. This was revealed during the opening ceremony of the second promotional workshop on the benefits of the Cambodia-UAE Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) last week. Tekret Kamrong, Secretary of […]
A $35 million multipurpose port is planned for development in Preaek Prasab district, Kratie province, aimed at boosting investment and facilitating the transport of agricultural products as part of the government’s push to attract investors to the northeast under a special incentive programme. Hean Sahib, Advisor to the Prime Minister and Chairman of the Northeastern […]