Further Boost from Tourism
Cyprus Economy, Tourist Arrivals – September 2017, up 14.8%.
Published on: 17 October 2017 |
On the basis of the results of the Passengers Survey, arrivals of tourists reached 483,716 in September 2017, compared to 421,201 in September 2016, recording an increase of 14.8%.
September 2017 had the highest volume of tourist arrivals ever recorded in Cyprus during the specific month.
For the period of January – September 2017 arrivals of tourists totalled 3,001,603 compared to 2,617,218 in the corresponding period of 2016, recording an increase of 14.7% and outnumbering the total arrivals ever recorded in Cyprus during the first nine months of the year.
Analysis of changes
Tourist arrivals from the United Kingdom increased by 10.8% in September 2017 compared to September 2016, while an increase of 6.2% was recorded for tourists from Russia. Increases were also recorded from other important tourist markets, such as Israel (77.5%), Sweden (15.1%) and Germany (65.5%). Contrary to that, a decrease of 21.5% in tourist arrivals from Ukraine was recorded.
Main countries
The UK and Russia constitute the main sources of tourism for Cyprus for September 2017, with proportions of 34.3% and 25.1% respectively, while arrivals from Israel comprise 6.5%, from Sweden 4.6% and from Germany 4.5% of total arrivals.
Characteristics of tourists
For a percentage of 88.6% of tourists, the purpose of their trip in September 2017 was holidays, for 7.7% visit to friends and relatives and for 3.7% business.
Men comprise 44.3% of tourists and women 55.7%, whilst most of the tourists belonged to the age group of 20-44 years.
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