Tourist arrivals in April 2022 amounted to 289,335 compared to 38,226 arrivals recorded in April 2021.
For the period January - April 2022, tourist arrivals amounted to 534.040 compared to 55,973 in the corresponding period of 2021, 246,556 in the period January - April 2020, and 686,783 arrivals in the period January - April 2019.
Arrivals from the United Kingdom were the main source of tourism for April 2022, accounting for 40.1% (116,074) of total arrivals, arrivals from Germany for 8.3% (23,966), arrivals from Israel for 7.7% (22.Arrivals from Greece accounted for 6.0% (17,347) and arrivals from Poland for 5.2% (15,137).
The purpose of travel in April 2022 was for 80.2% of tourists a holiday, for 14.6% a visit to friends or relatives and for 5.2% business. Similarly, for April 2021, 61.7% visited Cyprus for holidays, 21.3% for visiting friends or relatives and 16.9% for business purposes.
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[TR] [TD]
Purpose of trip
[/TD] [TD]Percentage (%)
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]
Apr. 21
[/TD] [/TD] [TD]Apr. 22
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Holidays
[/TD] [TD]61.7
[/TD] [TD]80,2
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Visiting relatives & friends
[/TD] [TD]21.3
[/TD] [TD]14.6
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Business
[/TD] [TD]16,9
[/TD] [TD]5,2
[/TD] [/TR]
Methodological Information
Definitions
Tourists - Visitors who stay at least one night in Cyprus.
Tourist arrivals - The term refers to the number of visits and not to the number of persons. This differs in the sense that a person may make more than one visit in the given reference period.
Data source and coverage
Data for April 2022 were obtained from the processing of data from the online platform "Cyprus Flight Pass" as well as from the Traveler Survey, which is conducted on arrivals at Larnaca and Paphos airports. In addition, data are also collected from administrative sources, such as monthly arrivals from ports.
The data cover all persons passing through passport control at ports and airports in Cyprus and refer to the State-controlled areas. They do not include travellers arriving and departing illegally through ports and airports in the occupied area of Cyprus.
The extrapolation of the data is based on data sent to the Statistical Service by the Civil Aviation Department and from ship passenger lists, as well as data sent by the Analysis and Statistics Bureau of the Cyprus Police.
For more information:
Statistical Service Portal, under Tourism
CYSTAT-DB (Database)
Predefined Tables (Excel)
Contact:
Lucia Panagidou: Tel:+35722602152, Tel. lpanagidou@cystat.mof.gov.cy
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