Tourist Arrivals and Returns of Residence of Cyprus from Trips Abroad for May Announced

Cyprus

05 July 2023
Market Update / News

Tourist Arrivals and Returns of Residence of Cyprus from Trips Abroad for May Announced

Cyprus arrivals of tourists reached 420.076 in May of this year compared to 315.018 in May 2022, recording an increase of 33,3 percent. For the period of January – May of the current year, arrivals of tourists totalled 1.156.705 compared to 849.058 in the corresponding period of 2022, recording an increase of 36,2 percent.

Arrivals from the UK were the main source of tourism for this May, with a share of 36,6 percent (153.797) of total arrivals, followed by Israel with 8,9 percent (37.442), Poland with 7,3 percent (30.835), Germany with 6,2 percent (25.916) and Sweden with 5,2 percent (21.837).

For a percentage of 82,1 percent of tourists, the purpose of their trip in May was holidays, for 11,3 percent to visit friends and relatives and 6,5 percent for business. Respectively, in May 2022, 79,5 percent of tourists visited Cyprus for holidays, 12,5 percent visited friends or relatives and 7,9 percent arrived in Cyprus for business reasons.

A total number of 126.583 residents of Cyprus returned from a trip abroad this May compared to 135.661 in the corresponding month in 2022, recording a decrease of 6,7 percent. The main countries from which residents of Cyprus returned in May were Greece with a share of 31,4 percent (39.738), the UK with 10,1 percent (12.739), Italy with 5,6 percent (7.098) and Germany with 4 percent (5.095).

The purpose of travel for the residents of Cyprus in May was mainly holidays, with a percentage of 64,8 percent, whilst business reasons held a percentage of 28,5 percent, studies 3,6 percent and other reasons 3,1 percent.