On the basis of the results of the Passengers Survey, arrivals of tourists in Cyprus reached 314.143 in April 2018 compared to 286.331 in April 2017, recording an increase of 9,7%. April 2018 had the highest volume of tourist arrivals ever recorded in Cyprus during the specific month.
For the period of January – April 2018 arrivals of tourists totaled 683.581 compared to 572.024 in the corresponding period of 2017, recording an increase of 19,5% and outnumbering the total arrivals ever recorded in Cyprus during the first four months of the year.
Analysis of changes
Tourist arrivals from the United Kingdom increased by 4,1% in April 2018 compared to April 2017 while an increase of 4,3% was recorded for tourists from Russia. Increases were also recorded from other important tourist markets, such as Greece (25,1%) and Sweden (42,9%). Contrary to that, a decrease of 17,5% in tourist arrivals from Germany and 21,4% decrease from Israel were recorded. Percentage changes from one year to the next for the main countries of usual residence of tourists are presented in Table 1.
Main countries
The United Kingdom constitutes the main source of tourism for Cyprus for April 2018, with a proportion of 35,2% while arrivals from Russia comprise 15,6% of total arrivals, from Greece 6,5% and from Germany 6,3%.
Purpose of visit
For a percentage of 80,4% of tourists, the purpose of their trip in April 2018 was holidays, for 11,9% visit to friends and relatives and for 7,7% business.
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