Although the first, after a long "free" Easter, it seems that most people decided to spend it away from hotels and tourist accommodation, ignoring the spring weather that would have favoured a short excursion. Speaking to the Cyprus Times, Filocypros Roussounides, Director General of the Pancyprian Hoteliers Association, said that so far "there is interest from people, there have been enough bookings, but this does not mean that we are talking about satisfactory numbers."
Speaking to the Cyprus Times, Filocypros Roussounides said that so far "there is interest from people, there have been enough bookings, but this does not mean that we are talking about satisfactory numbers.
Specifically, he said, there is a mobility in terms of hotel bookings until the end of April by Cypriots, but it is nothing like in other years before Coronation.
Asked to comment on the provinces for which Cypriots showed more interest with hotel bookings, he said that the province of Paphos and the free province of Famagusta are the ones in the lead.
Low numbers in tourism
In terms of tourism, according to the PASYXE DG, there are bookings the majority of which are from Great Britain, however, they are still not at satisfactory levels.
Subsidised Holidays from early May
A Subsidised Holiday programme is being offered from 1 May by the Deputy Ministry of Tourism.
It is recalled that this is a programme for the three-month period from 1 May 2022 until 31 July 2022, in which tourist accommodation (such as hotels, organised apartments, tourist villages, agrotourism accommodation) and tourist agencies cooperating with legal tourist accommodation, which may offer a maximum price of EUR 100 (including VAT) for a double room, including breakfast, per day.
Note that for the period from 1 May to 9 June, the minimum stay is two nights and for the period from 10 June to 31 July it is three nights.
The maximum stay per reservation is set at seven nights.
The programme provides for the payment of a subsidy, from the Ministry of Tourism, of EUR 20 per room per night.
Beneficiaries of the Programme are all permanent residents of the island.
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