Tourist arrivals recorded an annual increase of 12% in September, reaching 570,635 compared to 509,463 in the same month of 2024, Cystat said.
For the period of January – September 2025, arrivals were up 10.3% to 3,604,790 compared to 3,268,090 in the corresponding period of 2024.
The UK, as usual, held the lion’s share of arrivals with 31.4% (179,293), followed by Israel with 14% (80,115), Poland with 7.9% (45,019), Germany with 6% (34,348), Sweden with 3.6% (20,570), Romania with 3.1% (17,975) and Greece with 3% (17,217).
For 84.8% of tourists, the purpose of their trip in September 2025 was holidays, for 10.1% visit to friends and relatives, and for 5% business. Respectively, in September 2024, 85.1% of tourists visited Cyprus for holidays, 9.6% visited friends or relatives and 5.2% visited Cyprus for business reasons.
Returns of Cyprus residents
Meanwhile, a total number of 166,129 residents of Cyprus returned from a trip abroad in September 2025 compared to 156,153 in the corresponding month last year, recording an increase of 6.4%.
The main countries from which residents of Cyprus returned in September 2025 were Greece with a share of 35.8% (59,514), Russia with 6.6% (10,987), the United Kingdom with 6.6% (10,964) and Italy with 5.2% (8,711).
The purpose of travel for the residents of Cyprus in September 2025 was mainly holidays, with a percentage of 76.1%, whilst business reasons held a percentage of 21%, studies 1.6% and other reasons 1.3%.
