Arrivals of tourists reached 413,382 in September 2022 compared to 339,242 in September 2021, recording an increase of 21.9%. Most of the tourists came from the UK, followed by Israel and Poland.

According to the Statistical Service of Cyprus, for the period of January – September 2022, arrivals of tourists totaled 2,540,554 compared to 1,299,392 in the corresponding period of 2021, 512,184 in the period of January – September 2020 and 3,260,546 arrivals in the period of January – September 2019.

Arrivals from the United Kingdom were the main source of tourism for September 2022, with a share of 41.1% (169,799) of total arrivals, followed by Israel with 8.5% (35,013), Poland with 5.5% (22,922), Germany with 5.4% (22,244), Greece with 4.5% (18,802) and Sweden with 4.5% (18,463).

For a percentage of 86.1% of tourists, the purpose of their trip in September 2022 was holidays, for 9.1% visit to friends and relatives and for 4.7% business. Respectively, in September 2021, 86.6% of tourists visited Cyprus for holidays, 9.3% visited friends or relatives and 4.1% visited Cyprus for business reasons.

Source: Parikiaki.com