Based on the results of the Passengers Survey carried out by the Statistical Service, Cyprus’s revenue from tourism reached EUR310,5 million in May of this year, recording a minor decrease of 0,2 percent as compared to the corresponding month of 2023 (EUR 311,0 million).

The Department of Antiquities of the Deputy Ministry of Culture announced the completion of the 2024 final excavation season of the Kourion Urban Space Project (KUSP), under the direction of Dr Thomas W. Davis, Associate Director of the Lanier Centre for Archaeology at Lipscomb University, Dr Laura A. Swantek (Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Phoenix College), and Dr Lucas Grimsley (Lanier Centre for Archaeology, Lipscomb University). KUSP partners include the Australian Institute of Archaeology and the University of Cyprus.

The arrivals of tourists reached 482.261 in June of this year compared to 456.985 in June 2023, recording an increase of 5,5 percent. For the period of January – June, arrivals of tourists totalled 1.652.475 compared to 1.613.690 in the corresponding period of 2023, recording an increase of 2,4 percent.

The 15^th annual philanthropic tuna fishing competition organised by the Cyprus Yachting Magazine ‘Το ψάρεμα και τα μυστικά του’ in memory of the publication’s contributors Christos Aristidou, Chrysanthos Chrysanthou, Nakis Christodoulou, Haris Soleas and Antonis Diamantides.

According to the results of the Cyprus Services and Transport Survey, the tertiary sector of the economy registered in 2022 a positive growth rate compared to 2021.

In the framework of the MED9 initiative, the ministers and high level officials of the Ministries of Education of the nine Mediterranean EU Countries convened in Limassol, Cyprus, on June 27, invited by the Government of the Republic of Cyprus, which also holds the Chair of the Mediterranean Committee on Education for Sustainable Development (MCESD), to discuss further how ESD can be strengthened collectively in the MED9 countries and act as a key driver for the Green transition, and for creating more resilient, just and sustainable societies.

The movement of travellers to and from Cyprus in 2023 recorded an increase compared to 2022. Total arrivals of travellers reached 6.107.725 recording an increase of 26,4 percent and departures totalled 6.105.574, also recording an increase of 26,8 percent, compared to 2022. Air traffic represented 95,1 percent of arrivals and 95,2 percent of departures in 2023.

The Larnaka Municipal Gallery – Christoforou Collection has opened this summer and will exhibit around 150 artworks by Greek painters and engravers of the 19th - 20th centuries; exhibited with the kind permission of retired Cypriot diplomat Charalambos Christoforou and his spouse Maria Christoforou. 

In May of this year the total Cyprus government employment reached 54.826 persons. For the period January – May an average total government employment reached 54.835 persons, marking an increase of 2.684 persons (5,1 percent) compared to the corresponding period of 2023.

Based on the results of the Passengers Survey carried out by the Statistical Service, revenue from tourism in Cyprus reached EUR113,0 million in March this year compared to EUR97,8 million in the corresponding month of 2023, recording an increase of 15,5 percent.