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.
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Country of usual residence |
July |
January – July |
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Tourist arrivals |
% change 2018/17 |
Tourist arrivals |
% change 2018/17 |
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|
2016 |
2017 |
2018 |
2016 |
2017 |
2018 |
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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 |
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Other |
40.447 |
46.661 |
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