The arrivals of tourists reached 100,791 in October 2020 compared to 436,509 in October 2019, recording a decrease of 76.9%, CNA reports.
Based on data released Tuesday by the Statistical Service of Cyprus, for the period of January – October 2020, arrivals of tourists totaled 612,975 compared to 3,697,055 in the corresponding period of 2019, recording a decrease of 83.4%.
In March 2020, a ban of entry to the Republic was imposed on several categories of persons, including tourists, up to 8/6/2020, as part of the measures taken to prevent the spread of the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) in Cyprus. As of 9/6/2020, a gradual easing of the travel restrictions to Cyprus was implemented, allowing arrivals from specific countries, according to categorization by the Ministry of Health, based on their epidemiological risk assessment.
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