The rise in passenger site visitors final month on the nation's two airports was additionally mirrored in vacationer arrivals in Might. The reality of the matter was confirmed yesterday by the Statistical Service, saying the arrivals of vacationers for the fifth month of the yr in addition to for the primary 5 months of the yr, which from the numbers exhibits that it’s the finest within the historical past of Cypriot tourism, surpassing the efficiency of 2019 .
With the outcomes up to now confirming the estimations of the Deputy Minister of Tourism, Kostas Koumis, that this yr will transfer to the identical ranges as final yr, a minimum of.
The brand new vacationer file is essentially as a result of restoration of the Israeli market, the second most essential marketplace for Cypriot tourism, as, regardless of the struggle in Gaza, the movement of vacationer arrivals from Israel appears to be normalizing and approaching the degrees that existed because the nation to Cyprus earlier than the Hamas terrorist strike final October. In consequence, for the second month in a row arrivals from Israel in Might had been the second supply of vacationers after the UK, whereas in 5 months the third largest market, barely behind Poland.
What do the numbers say?
In accordance with the Statistics Workplace, complete vacationer arrivals in Might amounted to 421,400 in comparison with 420,076 in Might 2023, a slight improve of 0.3%. In accordance with the figures of the Statistical Service, this yr's Might is the third finest within the historical past of Cypriot tourism, after the efficiency of the identical month in 2019 when arrivals had risen to 434,578 and of 2018 when arrivals reached 450,495. For the interval January – Might 2024, vacationer arrivals reached 1,170,214 in comparison with 1,156,705 within the corresponding interval of 2023, a rise of 1.2%. As talked about, that is one of the best efficiency of tourism within the first 5 months because the arrivals within the file yr of tourism – by way of vacationer arrivals – amounted to 1,121,361 within the interval below overview – whereas the primary 5 months of 2018 amounted to 1,134,076.
This yr's optimistic efficiency in opposition to the challenges but in addition the reasonable estimates for the course of the yr is essentially as a result of restoration of the Israeli market which, regardless of the struggle, month by month is approaching the efficiency it had earlier than October 2023 but in addition to the secure course recorded by the British market, the most important marketplace for Cypriot tourism.
Because the Statistical Service introduced yesterday, arrivals from the UK had been the principle supply of tourism for Might as nicely, since they made up 39.8% (167,696) of the entire arrivals, adopted by arrivals from Israel, which made up 7.9% of the month's arrivals (33,138). This was adopted by arrivals from Poland which made up 7.6% of Might arrivals (31,849), arrivals from Germany which made up 6.4% (27,081) and arrivals from Sweden 4.8% (20,103).
It’s famous that final yr the arrivals from the UK amounted to 153,787, from Poland to 30,835 and from Israel to 37,442.
The British are all the time the primary to reach
Within the first 5 months of the yr, the principle supply for Cypriot tourism stays the British market with 397,107 arrivals (from 391,559 final yr), with Poland at the moment following with 110,722 arrivals (from 90,841 within the fifth month of 2023) and Israel being in third place with 107,869 arrivals (from 124,511 in the identical interval final yr).
The figures for Might vacationer arrivals verify the rise in passenger site visitors in the identical month that we wrote about and likewise the statements to “F” of the Director of Aviation Improvement and Communication of Hermes Airports, Maria Kouroupi, that the neighboring market of Israel is recovering. We remind you that Mrs. Kouroupi talked about that for Israel, whereas the yr began with the provision of seats from the neighboring nation to Cyprus being restricted to 30% in comparison with 2023 – additionally as a result of struggle in Gaza – we are actually at 90% of of seats that existed final yr with flights arriving full and with excessive percentages of tourists.
The rise in passenger site visitors final month was additionally recorded by the Statistical Service yesterday, additionally saying the figures for the journeys of Cypriot residents overseas in Might 2024, which elevated to 144,042 in comparison with 126,583 in Might 2023, marking a rise of 13.8%. .
