More than half a million tourists in Cyprus in July 2018

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More than half a million tourists in Cyprus in July 2018Tourist arrivals increased by 1,6%

On the basis of the results of the Passengers Survey, arrivals of tourists reached 539.626 in July 2018 compared to 531.030 in July 2017, recording an increase of 1,6%. July 2018 had the highest volume of tourist arrivals ever recorded in Cyprus during the specific month.

For the period of January – July 2018 arrivals of tourists totaled 2.184.775 compared to 1.994.236 in the corresponding period of 2017, recording an increase of 9,6% and outnumbering the total arrivals ever recorded in Cyprus during the first seven months of the year.

Tourist arrivals from Sweden increased by 15,0% in July 2018 compared to July 2017 while an increase of 15,9% was recorded for tourists from Lebanon. Contrary to that, a decrease of 1,1% in tourist arrivals from the United Kingdom, 5,9% decrease from Russia, 22,2% decrease from Israel and 14,5% decrease from Germany were recorded. 

The United Kingdom constitutes the main source of tourism for Cyprus for July 2018, with a proportion of 32,4% while arrivals from Russia comprise 22,5% of total arrivals, from Israel 6,1%  and from Sweden 4,8%                                                                                          

For a percentage of 87,7% of tourists, the purpose of their trip in July 2018 was holidays, for 9,8% visit to friends and relatives and for 2,5% business.

Table1

    

Country of usual residence

July

January - July

Tourist arrivals

% change 2018/17

Tourist arrivals

% change 2018/17

2016

2017

2018

2016

2017

2018

TOTAL

482.132

531.030

539.626

1,6

1.737.372

1.994.236

2.184.775

    9,6

Austria

3.553

6.209

4.852

-21,9

14.986

22.089

21.720

  -1,7

Belgium

3.708

4.896

4.488

-8,3

15.714

15.472

16.809

  8,6

France

6.208

4.716

4.189

-11,2

22.553

20.985

19.690

  -6,2

Germany

11.660

19.759

16.888

-14,5

62.414

97.512

101.673

  4,3

Denmark

5.620

7.195

9.629

33,8

15.804

20.132

24.280

20,6

Switzerland (incl. Lichten.)

9.359

9.165

11.944

30,3

26.956

29.515

39.042

32,3

Greece

15.120

15.513

13.476

-13,1

92.096

97.426

108.182

11,0

United Kingdom

166.874

176.880

174.904

-1,1

632.851

688.224

735.744

 6,9

Israel

23.275

42.505

33.063

-22,2

73.607

133.652

126.510

-5,3

Lebanon

10.672

10.608

12.296

15,9

25.914

28.994

33.941

17,1

Norway

10.658

12.320

11.968

-2,9

28.716

30.975

32.749

  5,7

Netherlands

4.423

4.912

5.691

15,9

15.530

19.873

22.099

11,2

Ukraine

9.344

6.801

8.969

31,9

36.867

26.029

37.095

42,5

Poland

5.527

7.777

10.523

35,3

25.626

31.417

49.766

58,4

Russia

133.892

129.119

121.441

-5,9

432.954

462.101

438.829

-5,0

Sweden

19.281

22.621

26.003

15,0

61.794

74.763

89.041

19,1

Finland

2.511

3.373

3.298

-2,2

10.375

10.983

14.580

32,8

Other

40.447

46.661

66.004

41,5

142.614

184.094

273.025

48,3

 

Table 2

 

  

 

Country of usual

residence of tourists

Percentage (%)

 

Jul 17

Jan –  Jul 17

Jul 18

Jan. –  Jul 18

 

United Kingdom

33,3

34,5

32,4

33,7

33,3

Russia

24,3

23,2

22,5

20,1

24,3

Israel

8,0

6,7

6,1

5,8

8,0

Sweden

4,3

3,7

4,8

4,1

4,3

 

Germany

3,7

4,9

3,1

4,7

3,7

Greece

2,9

4,9

2,5

5,0

2,9

Lebanon

2,0

1,5

        2,3

         1,6

2,0

Other countries

21,5

20,6

26,2

25,2

 
               

 

Table 3

Purpose of visit

Percentage (%)

Jul 16

Jul 17

Jul 18

Holidays

88,1

88,0

87,7

Visiting friends & relatives

9,6

9,7

9,8

Business

2,2

2,3

2,5
 
         


RELATED TOPICS: Greece, Greek tourism news, Tourism in Greece, Greek islands, Hotels in Greece, Travel to Greece, Greek destinations , Greek travel market, Greek tourism statistics, Greek tourism report

Photo Source: Wikimedia Commons Copyright: TomasNY License: CC-BY-SA 

 

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