According to Eurostat, more than half of Cypriots could not afford a one-week annual holiday away from home in 2018.

On the basis of the results of the Cyprus Passengers Survey, 102,756 residents of Cyprus returned from a trip abroad in February compared to 94,418 in the corresponding month in 2018, recording an increase of 8,8 percent.

This February there was an increase of 9,1 percent in the trips of residents to the UK(16,553 in February compared to 15,167 in February 2018) and 53,1 percent increase to Russia (6,828 to 4,461 in 2018).

Cyprus residents that returned from a trip abroad in January amounted to 119,570 compared to 107,759 in January 2018, recording an increase of 11 percent, based on the Passengers Survey conducted by the Statistical Service of Cyprus.