For the period of January – October of the current year, arrivals of tourists totalled 2.941.182 compared to 1.691.030 in the corresponding period of 2021, 612.975 in the period of January – October 2020 and 3.697.055 arrivals in the period of January – October 2019.

Arrivals from the UK were the main source of tourism for October, with a share of 37,6 percent (150.699) of total arrivals, followed by Israel with 8,4 percent (33.624), Germany with 7,9 percent (31.556), Greece with 5,2 percent (20.934) and Poland with 4,7 percent (18.871).

For a percentage of 83,1 percent of tourists, the purpose of their trip in October was holidays, for 11,5 percent visit to friends and relatives and for 5,3 percent business. Respectively, in October 2021, 87,2 percent of tourists visited Cyprus for holidays, 8,3 percent visited friends or relatives and 4,5 percent visited Cyprus for business reasons.