On April 01, the government presented a grand project including over 300 actions to revitalise the mountain communities.

On the basis of the results of the Cyprus Passenger Survey carried out by the Statistical Service, revenue from tourism in January of this year reached EUR2,8 million.

Compared to EUR40,2 million in the corresponding month of the 2020, it recorded a decrease of 93 percent, as well as a decrease of 92,9 percent compared to January 2019 (EUR39,6 million).

Ryanair, on March 31 launched its biggest ever summer schedule in Cyprus, with 34 routes in total, including five new routes to Bari, Bologna, Corfu, Rhodes (operating from July) and Venice Treviso (operating from June), which will help boost Cyprus’s air traffic and tourism as vaccination programmes continue and Europe re-opens in time for the summer holiday season.

The Cyprus Shipping Chamber (CSC) noted with satisfaction the joint statement signed by the heads of five United Nation bodies, on March 25, which calls on all governments to prioritise seafarers in their national COVID-19 vaccination programmes, together with other essential workers, saying that their safe movement is essential to critical goods movement and travel on which the global economy depends for recovery.

On March 29, Yiannis Karousos, minister of transport, communications and works, Cyprus, held a press conference on the presentation of the commemorative stamp for the 50th anniversary of the Cyprus Anti-Cancer Society, at ‘ARODAPHNOUSA’ Palliative Care Centre, Nicosia.

The Department of Antiquities, Ministry of Transport, Communications and Works announces the completion of the 2020 excavations of the jointed polish expedition of the Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology of the University of Warsaw and the Jagiellonian University in Kraków.

Leptos Estates initiated a blood donation campaign, in memory of its founder and executive chairman, Michael Leptos, who passed away earlier this year. The staff blood donation, that took place at the Group’s headquarters in Paphos, is an ongoing initiative that forms part of Leptos’ community support mission.

This summer, Royal Caribbean International guests can soak up the Mediterranean sun and explore the captivating coastlines of Greece and Cyprus on all-new seven-night cruises departing from Limassol, Cyprus.

In 2020, tourism was among the sectors most affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, due to the travel restrictions as well as other precautionary measures taken in response. In 2020, the number of nights spent at European Union (EU) tourist accommodation establishments totalled 1,4 billion, down by 52 percent compared with 2019.

On March 23 the Ayia Napa Marina had the pleasure of hosting the minister of transport, communications and works, Yiannis Karousos and the deputy minister of tourism, Savvas Perdios, at at their premises in Ayia Napa.