Tourist arrivals edged close to 3.73 million in the period of January to October 2024, recording an annual increase of 4.6% as well as a small increase of 0.81% compared with the respective period of 2019, a record year for Cypriot tourism.
Furthermore, based on data by CySTAT, tourist arrivals in October 2024 amounted to 459,106 marking a new all-time high for the month. This is the second month which marked a new monthly record in arrivals after August which posted a marginal increase compared with August 2019.
Compared to October of last year, arrivals rose by 7.7% whereas gains over October of 2019 amounted to 5.2%.
According to CySTAT, tourist arrivals in October amounted to 459,106 compared with 426,272 in October 2023 and 436,509 in October 2019.
For the period of January – October 2024, arrivals of tourists totalled 3,727,196 compared to 3,562,417 in the corresponding period of 2023, recording an increase of 4.
Arrivals from the United Kingdom were the main source of tourism for October 2024, with a share of 36.3% (166,588) of total arrivals, followed by Poland with 8.1% (37,010), Germany with 7.6% (34,822), Israel with 5.2% (24,088) and Sweden with 4.1% (18,713).
Cypriot residents trip abroad up by 4.4%
Furthermore, according to CySTAT, in October 2024 a total number of 137,095 residents of Cyprus returned from a trip abroad compared to 131,327 in the corresponding month last year, recording an increase of 4.4%.
The main countries from which residents of Cyprus returned in October 2024 were Greece with a share of 35% (47,990), the United Kingdom with 8.3% (11,415) and Italy with 7.3% (10,048), CySTAT added.
(Source: CNA)
