The arrivals of tourists reached 400.628 in October 2022 compared to 391.638 in October 2021, recording an increase of 2,3%.
For the period of January – October 2022, arrivals of tourists totaled 2.941.182 compared to 1.691.030 in the corresponding period of 2021, 612.975 in the period of January – October 2020, and 3.697.055 arrivals in the period of January – October 2019.
Analysis of countries
Arrivals from the United Kingdom were the main source of tourism for October 2022, with a share of 37,6% (150.699) of total arrivals, followed by Israel with 8,4% (33.624), Germany with 7,9% (31.556), Greece
with 5,2% (20.934) and Poland with 4,7% (18.871).
Purpose of visit
For a percentage of 83,1% of tourists, the purpose of their trip in October 2022 was holidays, 11,5% was a visit to friends and relatives, and 5,3% was business. Respectively, in October 2021, 87,2% of tourists visited Cyprus for holidays, 8,3% visited friends or relatives and 4,5% visited Cyprus for business reasons.
