Newsroom / CNA
Tourist arrivals for the period of January – July 2024 exceeded 2.2 million, pushed by the arrivals of July which marked an all-time record for the specific month.
According to data released by the Statistical Service of Cyprus (Cystat) from January to July 2024, tourist arrivals totalled 2,203,704 compared to 2,137,408 in the respective period of last year, recording an increase of 3.1%
In July, the arrivals of tourists reached 551,229 in July 2024 compared to 523,718 in July 2023, recording an increase of 5.3%. The arrivals in July 2024 have registered a marginal increase of just 0.05% compared with July 2019, the year Cyprus marked its historic record in tourist arrivals.
According to Cystat, arrivals from the United Kingdom were the main source of tourism for July 2024, with a share of 33.9% (186,751) of total arrivals, followed by Israel with 12.9% (71,238), Poland with 6.4% (35,456), Sweden with 4.3% (23,511) and Germany with 3.8% (20,726).
Compared with July of last year, arrivals from the UK marked an increase of 6.15%, while arrivals from Israel rose by 10% year on year.
Residents’ trips abroad down by 7%
Meanwhile, according to Cystat, in July 2024 a total number of 171,382 residents of Cyprus returned from a trip abroad compared to 184,335 in the respective month last year, recording a decrease of 7.0%.
The main countries from which residents of Cyprus returned in July 2024 were Greece with a share of 40.1% (68,805), the United Kingdom with 11.1% (18,987) and Italy with 4.8% (8,191), Cystat added.
