Tourist arrivals to Cyprus have reached 75 per cent of levels seen in 2019. In the first half of 2022, the visitor’s arrival to cyprus exceeded 1.22 million.
As per the Statistical Service of Cyprus (CyStat) data released on Monday (July 18), the arrivals of tourists reached 372.324 in June 2022 compared to 184.159 in June 2021, recording an increase of 102,2%.
For the period of January – June 2022, arrivals of tourists totalled 1.221.382 compared to 340.984 in the corresponding period of 2021, 255.675 in the period of January – June 2020 and 1.631.023 arrivals in the period of January – June 2019.
Analysis of countries
Arrivals from the United Kingdom were the main source of tourism for June 2022, with a share of 41,8% (155.703) of total arrivals, followed by Israel with 7,3% (27.288), Poland with 5,8% (21.445), Germany with 5,6% (20.906), Sweden with 5,0% (18.478) and Greece with 3,9% (14.435).
Purpose of visit
For a percentage of 82,0% of tourists, the purpose of their trip in June 2022 was holidays, for 10,9% visited with friends and relatives and for 7,0% business. Respectively, in June 2021, 82,8% of tourists visited Cyprus for holidays, 10,9% visited friends or relatives and 6,3% visited Cyprus for business reasons.
| Purpose of visit | Percentage (%) | Percentage (%) | Percentage (%) |
| June 20 | June 21 | June 22 | |
| Holidays | 42,6 | 82,8 | 82,0 |
| Visiting friends & relatives | 28,0 | 10,9 | 10,9 |
| Business | 29,4 | 6,3 | 7,0 |
A total number of 121.146 residents of Cyprus returned from a trip abroad in June 2022, compared to 35.361 in the corresponding month last year, recording an increase of 242,6%. The main countries from which the residents of Cyprus returned in June 2022, were Greece with 34,9%, the United Kingdom with 17,9%, Italy with 6,5%, Israel with 4,1% and Germany with 3,4%.
