Issues affecting Larnaca’s tourism and business development were discussed in a meeting on April 06, between the minister of transport, communication and works, Yiannis Karousos, and the presidents of the Larnaka Tourism Board (LTB) and the Larnaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) - Dinos Lefkaritis and Stavros Stavrou respectively, along with the president of Voroklini Community Council, Neophytos Fakontis.

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.

If you have ever enjoyed a sporting activity in the Larnaca region, you will know that it offers an attractive destination for sporting tourism with a multitude of options on both land and sea. A new study has confirmed that with its continued promotion for both training and tournaments, Larnaca’s sports offering has the potential to emerge a winner.

With up to three daily direct flights on the Athens - Larnaca route with the new state-of-the-art privately owned Airbus A320neo aircraft, SKY express expands its flight operations to fully cover the needs and requirements of the travelling public.

On February 22, the Department of Antiquities, as part of the World Encephalitis Day, lit red the Medieval Castles of Paphos and Larnaca, to highlight the solidarity of the entire society towards our fellow men and women, who suffer from this condition.

The Municipality of Larnaca and the Larnaca Tourism Board have recently carried out landscaping works for the gradual improvement of the image of the coastal front of Finikoudes.

Wizz Air, one of Europe’s fastest growing and greenest airline, recently announced a new route from Tel Aviv to Larnaca.

A new core of culture, as well as a quality tourist reference point, will be the restored Mattei House - former Larnaca Club. The Mattei House will soon operate under the Municipality of Larnaca as a ‘Multipurpose Center for Creativity and Culture’.

Visitors touring the two neighbouring semi-mountainous communities of Tochni and Choirokoitia can now easily navigate the main points of interest of the two villages, as wooden information signs have been placed at key points within the communities.

Larnaca Tennis Club has successfully completed its move to new, state-of-the-art premises, paving the way for further excavations at the site of ancient Kition where the port was discovered on the grounds of the former tennis courts.