Cyprus tourist arrivals at an all time high

Tourist arrivals in Cyprus for the period of January - October 2018 increased by an annual 7.8 percent to 3.67 million, marking a new record for tourist arrivals for the first ten months of the year.

According to the Cyprus Statistical Service (Cystat), in October 2018 tourist arrivals amounted to 433,617 marking an increase of 6.6 percent compared with October 2017.

The United Kingdom continued to constitute Cyprus's main tourist market with 34 percent for the ten-month period, compared with 34.5 percent in January - October 2017, with Russia the second highest market with its share dropping to 20.5% compared with 23.2 in January - October 2017. Israel was the third largest source of tourism for Cyprus with its share declining to 5.9 percent compared with 8.1 percent in 2017, followed by Germany whose share in the tourist market decreased marginally to 4.6...