There are many more crossings of Greek citizens to the occupied territories than of Turkish citizens to the free areas in the period January - October 2022, according to data published by Yeni Dusen citing "police" data and noting that the "north" seems to be more attractive due to the decrease in the exchange value of the Turkish lira.
According to the Press and Information Office, the publication quotes the figures as follows.176 173,327
February 123,606 176,744
March 125,349 204,509
April 136,444 231,192
May 170.775 248.181
June 161.926 264.064
July 178.538 272.994
August 168.547 311.463
September 189.797 248,213
October 181,841 242,822
Total 1,533,949 2,373,509
The newspaper writes that many goods and services, when compared to prices in the "south", from basic consumer goods to clothing, from fuel to medicines, have become much more affordable for Greek Cypriots. According to the figures, 2,373,509 of those crossing into the occupied areas are Greek Cypriots, while for the same period, the number of Turkish Cypriots crossing into the free areas was 1 million 553,49. If the two numbers are compared, the difference is 55%.
Apart from Greek Cypriots, foreigners from the United Kingdom, Bulgaria and Romania made the largest number of transits to the occupied areas as follows: United Kingdom (excluding Turkish Cypriots) 248,308, Bulgaria 134,245, Romania 127,870.
The distribution in the remaining countries is as follows: Germany 82,576, USA 18,314, Albania 1,847, Australia 6,197, Austria 12,469, Belgium 9,365, Bosnia and Herzegovina 1,118, Czech Republic 18,147, China 7,702, Denmark 11,268, Finland 5,263, France 36,755, India 6,006, Netherlands 15.241, United Kingdom 248,308, England (Turkish Cypriots) 33,859, Iran 5,971, Ireland 8,527, Spain 15,202, Israel 68,808, Sweden 15,715, Switzerland 6,764, Italy 44,026, Canada 5,587, Latvia 9,802, Lebanon 14,353, Hungary 19.772, Moldova 5,974, Norway 8,610, Pakistan 5,279, Poland 59,947, Russia 47,662, Slovakia 45,043, Slovenia 3,067, Syria 822, Ukraine 27,660, Jordan 7,563, Greece 203,237, Other countries 145,261.
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