Tourist arrivals in December 2021 amounted to 96,928 compared to 9,682 recorded in December 2020, as well as 110,330 arrivals recorded in December 2019.
For the period January - December 2021, tourist arrivals amounted to 1,936,931 compared to 631,609 in the corresponding period in 2020, an increase of 206.7% and a decrease of 51.3% compared to the period January - December 2019 (3.976,777 arrivals).
Arrivals from the United Kingdom were the main source of tourism for December 2021, accounting for 19.8% (19,199) of total arrivals, while arrivals from Greece accounted for 12.8% (12.420), arrivals from Russia 9.5% (9,234), arrivals from Poland 7.2% (6,989), arrivals from Germany 6.8% (6,618) and arrivals from Ukraine 6.4% (6,169).
The purpose of travel in December 2021 was for 61.5% of tourists a holiday, for 29.0% a visit to friends or relatives and for 9.5% business. Similarly, for December 2020, 25.6% visited Cyprus for holidays, 51.8% for visiting friends or relatives and 22.6% for business purposes.
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[TR] [TD]
Purpose of trip
[/TD] [/TD] [TD]Percentage (%)
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]
Dec. 19
[/TD] [TD]Dec 20
[/TD] [TD]Dec[/TD] [/TD] [TD]
Dec. 21
[/TD] [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Holidays
[/TD] [TD]53.3
[/TD] [TD]25.6
[/TD] [TD]61,5
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Visiting relatives & friends
[/TD] [TD]32.3
[/TD] [TD]51.8
[/TD] [TD]29.0
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Professional
[/TD] [TD]14,2
[/TD] [TD]22.6
[/TD] [TD]9,5
[/TD] [/TR] [/TR]
Methodological information
Definitions
Tourists - Visitors staying 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 reporting period.
Data source and coverage
Data for December 2021 were obtained from the processing of data from the online platform "Cyprus Flight Pass". Passengers wishing to travel to Cyprus were required to enter into this electronic platform various information regarding their flight, their country of residence, the purpose of their visit, as well as other demographic data. These data were used by the Statistical Office to estimate the number of tourists arriving during the reference period. The extrapolation of the data was based on data sent to the Statistical Service by the Civil Aviation Department and from the ship passenger lists, as well as data sent by the Analysis and Statistics Bureau of the Cyprus Police.
Due to problems arising from the completion of the data by the passengers themselves, it was not possible to further analyse the data by country of usual residence.
For more information, interested parties can visit the Statistical Service Portal, under Tourism CYSTAT-DB (Database)
Predefined Tables (Excel) or contact Mrs. Loukia Panagidou: tel:+35722602152, tel.lpanagidou@cystat.mof.gov.cy
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