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Cyprus tourism

Cyprus’s Cavo Zoe Delivers On Regenerative Tourism Promise

2023-08-19 by Phil Butler

Cavo Zoe Cyprus

Cavo Zoe Seaside Hotel in Cyprus becomes award winning example of what regenerative tourism means – giving back.

Tags: C+ Studio Architects, Cavo Zoe, Cavo Zoe Seaside Hotel, Cyprus hospitality, Cyprus tourism, Georgos Motsios, One Dream One Wish Association, Protaras

Cyprus Tourism Efforts 2022: Can a Rebalancing Propel the Industry?

2022-09-30 by Phil Butler

Visit Cyprus logo

In 2021, before the economy of Europe took a nosedive, Cyprus decision makers made the wise choice to shift market focus. Will it be enough?

Tags: budget flights, Cyprus business, Cyprus investment, Cyprus tourism, Cyprus Tourism Ministry, economy of europe, EDEN, EU recession, EU tourism, Europe destinations, Lanarca, Russia tourists, Russian tourists, Savvas Perdios, sustainable tourism, TUI, TUI Fly Germany, UK recession, UK tourists, Ukraine tourists, Ukraine war, UNWTO, Wizz Air, wizz air leeds bradford

Cyprus Is Rethinking Tourism in Line With UNWTO Measures

2022-09-29 by Phil Butler

Konnos Bay

The Association of Cyprus Tourist Enterprises (Stek) aims to “Rethink Tourism” for a prosperous and sustainable future.

Tags: Akis Vavlitis, Cyprus business, Cyprus energy, Cyprus hospitality, Cyprus hotels, Cyprus news, Cyprus sustainability, Cyprus tourism, Cyprus Tourism Minister, Cyprus Tourist Enterprises, Natasa Pilides, Philokypros Roussounide, Stek, VNEM, World Tourism Day

RevitUp Now 1st Exclusive Partner of HolidayCheck in Greece and Cyprus

2022-09-27 by Phil Butler

RevitUp announces becoming the first exclusive partner of one of the tourism industry’s biggest players, HolidayCheck in Greece and Cyprus.

Tags: booking platforms, Cyprus hospitality, Cyprus hotels, Cyprus tourism, Greece, Greece hotels, Greece tourism, hotel bookings, hotel marketing, hotel news, RevitUP, tourism

“Love Cyprus Again” Comes the Cry from the Island of Aphrodite

2021-07-27 by Phil Butler

Ayia Napa

Cyprus’ tourism ministry launches a reboot/rebrand to remind people to “Love Cyprus” again. A new logo and new experiences are in the mix.

Tags: Cyprus hotels, Cyprus Island, Cyprus tourism, Cyprus tourism 2021, Love Cyprus, Love Cyprus Again, tourism, visit Cyprus

UK Keeps Cyprus on Amber COVID-19 Travel Advisory List

2021-07-17 by Argophilia Travel News

Ayia Napa

Cyprus remains on the UK government`s amber list, after changes to international travel rules for COVID-19.

Tags: amber list, COVID list, Cyprus tourism, Cyprus tourists, Green countries, UK tourists, UK travel alert

Cyprus Fighting Back “Red” Alert With Vaccine Drive

2021-07-14 by Argophilia Travel News

Cyprus tourism suffering

Cyprus’ Deputy Minister of Tourism Savvas Perdios, said earlier this week that the coming weeks will be extremely difficult for tourism.

Tags: Cyprus, Cyprus tourism, Cyprus travel, Greece, Greek destinations, Greek Islands, Greek tourism news, Greek tourism statistics, Greek travel market, Hotels in Greece, Tourism in Greece, Travel to Greece

Cyprus Tourism 2021 Recuperation Not Likely Now

2021-06-28 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Cyprus

Cyprus tourism may not reach the halfway point of 2019 visits as predicted. COVID cases are rising and hoteliers fear failure for 2021.

Tags: Cyprus tourism, Greece, Greek destinations, Greek Islands, Greek tourism news, Greek tourism report, Greek tourism statistics, Greek travel market, Hotels in Greece, Tourism in Greece, Travel to Greece

Greece Tourism News Brief: COVID Is Still All the News That Matters

2021-04-27 by Phil Butler

WTTC

The COVID-19 pandemic still dominates every faces of travel news in Greece and worldwide. Here are Greek highlights.

Tags: Cyprus, Cyprus tourism, Greece reopening, Harry Theoharis, island vaccine program, Mitsotakis administration, pandemic Greece, Syriza, tourism 2021, vaccines, WTTC

Vaccinated U.K. Travelers Free to Travel to Cyprus from May 1st

2021-03-07 by Argophilia Travel News

Kyrenia

U.K. nationals who have received both doses of a Covid-19 vaccine will be allowed to visit the island as of May 1.

Tags: COVID vaccine, COVID-19, Cyprus, Cyprus hotels, Cyprus news, Cyprus tourism, Cyprus travel, Pfizer COVID vaccine, UK travelers

Cyprus Tourist Arrivals Drop 83.4% in September 2020

2020-10-21 by Argophilia Travel News

Paphos, Cyprus

Arrivals of tourists to Cyprus were only 87,334 in September 2020 compared to 524,707 in September 2019, a decrease of 83.4%.

Tags: Cyprus destinations, Cyprus hospitality, Cyprus Ministry of Tourism, Cyprus tourism, Greek destinations, Greek Islands, Greek tourism news, Greek tourism report, Greek tourism statistics, Greek travel market, Hotels in Greece, tourism, Tourism in Greece, Travel to Greece

Countries Condemn Turkey’s Reopening Varosha Beach in Cyprus

2020-10-10 by Argophilia Travel News

Varosh Ghost Town

The reopening the beachfront area of the abandoned Varosha resort on in northern Cyprus causes public outcry.

Tags: Cyprus, Cyprus beaches, Cyprus tourism, Greece, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Northern Cyprus, Recep Erdogan, Varosha Beach

Cyprus August Tourism Numbers in the Tank

2020-09-18 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Cyprus

According to the Statistical Service of Cyprus, tourist arrivals were only about 20% of what they were in 2019 in August.

Tags: Cyprus, Cyprus economy, Cyprus hotels, Cyprus tourism, Cyprus travel, Cyprus vacation

Hospitality Expo Cyprus Takes Aim at Boosting Business

2020-01-22 by Argophilia Travel News

Hospitality Expo Cyprus

Coming 25 – 27 January 2020 in Nicosia, the 1st International Exhibition – Hospitality Expo Cyprus will feature key technologies, services, and strategies for the Cyprus market.

Tags: Cyprus events, Cyprus hotels, Cyprus marketing, Cyprus tourism, DISPLAY ART PLC, EXPO LINE, EyeWide Digital Marketing, Hospitality Expo Cyprus, IoT, Nicos Anastasiades, OTA Insight, Phoebe Research & Innovation, Plarino, Plarino Cyprus, Primal RE, RevitUP, Webhotelier

Cyprus Tourism Season Starts Badly With ‘boycott tourism’ campaign.

2020-01-01 by Phil Butler

Nissi Beach

A British teenager reportedly gang-raped in Ayia Napa, Cyprus is now at the center of a campaign urging tourists to boycott the island.

Tags: #BoycottCyprus, Ayia Napa, Ayia Napa Cyprus, Ayia Napa hotel, Ayia Napa hotels, Ayia Napa rape, Cyprus gang rape, Cyprus rape, Cyprus tourism, Israeli gang rapists, Israeli rapists

Cyprus Tourism Revenue Drops in First Nine Months of 2019

2019-12-12 by Argophilia Travel News

Cyprus

Cyprus tourism revenue fell 1.5 percent year-on-year to €2.3 billion euro in the first nine months of 2019.

Tags: Cyprus, Cyprus rooms, Cyprus tourism, Cyprus travel, Cyprus visits, tourism

Cyprus and Egypt Agree to Further Cooperation in Travel and Tourism

2019-07-30 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Savvas Perdio

Cyprus Deputy Minister for Tourism Savvas Perdios and Egyptian Minister for Tourism Rania al Mashat announce increased tourism cooperation.

Tags: Cyprus tourism, Cyprus travel, Greece, Greek destinations, Greek Islands, Greek tourism news, Greek tourism statistics, Greek travel market, Hotels in Greece, Savvas Perdios, Tourism in Greece, Travel to Greece

Cyprus Sees Record Number of Tourists in 2018 So Far

2018-12-19 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Kyrenia

Cyprus is breaking all previous tourism records this year with arrivals passing 3.8 million visitors for the first time ever.

Tags: CTO, Cyprus, Cyprus tourism, Cyprus Tourism Organization, Cyprus travel, Cyprus visits, Nicos Anastasiades

Cyprus President Anastasiades Says Tourism Trend to Spiral Upwards

2018-11-30 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Nicos Anastasiades with Vladimir Putin

Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades revealed his confidence that the growth rate of 4% for the county’s touristic economy would continue to rise in the coming months at an event held by the Association of Hotelier Managers (PASYDIXE) in Limassol. At the meetup, Mr. Anastasiasdes heaped praise on leaders in the tourism industry and the private […]

Tags: Cyprus, Cyprus events, Cyprus hotels, Cyprus news, Cyprus President, Cyprus tourism, Limassol, Nicos Anastasiades, travel

Desertification: The Very Real Threat to Cyprus and Crete

2017-09-23 by Phil Butler

When Spring on Crete comes no more

Not all news from paradise is positive these days as unsustainable practices and the global warming trend threatens to turn Cyprus and other southern European islands into true desert islands. New concerns over Cyprus’ very limited water resources come from Cyprus’s Ministry of Agriculture, Natural Resources and the Environment, which has set up a national […]

Tags: A.T. Grove, crete, Crete beaches, Cyprus, Cyprus news, Cyprus tourism, desertification, Itanos Gaia Project, Lassithi, Minoan Group, Nicos Kouyialis, Sitia

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