Tourist arrivals in Cyprus were up by 4.5% this January compared with January last year, marking a historic high record, CNA reports.
On the basis of the results of the Passengers Survey, announced by the Cyprus Statistical Service, arrivals of tourists reached 85,622 in January 2020 compared to 81,970 in January 2019, recording an increase of 4.5%.
January 2020 saw the highest volume of tourist arrivals ever recorded in Cyprus during the specific month, the Statistical Service says.
Tourist arrivals from Israel grew by 58% in January 2020 compared to January 2019 while an increase of 91.9% was also recorded for tourists from Ukraine.
On the other hand, tourist arrivals from the UK, Greece and Russia recorded a drop. Specifically, 4.7% less tourists from the UK visited Cyprus, 18.1% less tourists arrived from Greece and 4.6% less tourists came from Russia
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