Αssociated Press reports from Nicosia that despite a stubborn COVID-19 and lockdown easing, Cyprus plans to open to tourists from 60 countries on April 1, using a color-coded system to determine what conditions will prevail for them, with one eye on variants, especially from The United Kingdom.
Hotel owners, said The Financial Mirror, are counting on Israelis, where half the population has been vaccinated, as well as domestic tourism from Cypriots while reaching out to those from abroad as well.
Those would be the bridge until the biggest market, the former Colonial ruler the UK lets travelers out of the country, Cyprus being the favorite destination and home to many British expatriates.
Philokypros Rousounides, the Cyprus Hotel Association Director-General, said they hope that Israeli tourists will inject needed monies into the island’s Coronavirus-stricken tourism sector, the site reported.
For the UK and Israel, people vaccinated with an EU-approved COVID-19 vaccine will be allowed entry to Cyprus without any other requirement. The UK makes up a third of the island’s 4 million tourist arrivals usually, and Israelis some 7.4 percent annually.
The UK won’t let people out until the end of June which will put a crimp in the early part of the summer for Cyprus’ economy.
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