Cyprus is expecting arrivals that will reach the numbers of last year's summer season and maybe even exceed them this year, according to the Deputy Minister of Tourism, Savvas Perdio. He said this today in statements after a meeting with AKEL Secretary General Stefanos Stefanou, who handed him a memorandum of proposals for the support of the tourism industry.
During the meeting, which took place at AKEL's offices, means to help Cyprus' tourism industry cope with the crisis caused by the war in Ukraine were discussed, given that this implies a loss of 800,000 arrivals from Russia and Ukraine for this year's season.
According to Perdio, preparations had been made for this eventuality since the end of January, i.e. before Russia's invasion of Ukraine, in order to compensate for the possible blow. "Our effort is
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