July tourist arrivals up 16.3% YoY

On the basis of the results of the Passengers Survey conducted by the Cyprus Statistical Service, tourist arrivals reached 482,132 in July 2016 compared to 414,527 in July 2015, recording an increase of 16,3%.

An increase of 7,1% was recorded in tourist arrivals from the United Kingdom (from 155,813 in July 2015 to 166,874 in July 2016) and a 39.3% increase from Russia (from 96,085 to 133,892). On the other hand a decrease of 4.2% was recorded in tourist arrivals from Greece (15,120 in July 2016 compared to 15,780 in July 2015).

For the period January – July 2016 arrivals of tourists totalled 1,737,372 compared to 1,450,427 in the corresponding period of 2015, recording an increase of 19.8%.

Source: in-cyprus.com