The arrivals of vacationers to Cyprus reached 133.063 in December 2024 in comparison with 123.630 in December 2023, recording a rise of seven,6%.
For the interval of January – December 2024, arrivals of vacationers totaled 4.040.200 in comparison with 3.845.652 within the corresponding interval of 2023, recording a rise of 5,1%.
Arrivals from the UK had been the principle supply of tourism for December 2024 with a share of 23,7% (31.501) of whole arrivals, adopted by Israel with 17,4% (23.168), Poland with 9,4% (12.473), Greece with 9,0% (11.969) and Germany with 5,7% (7.535).
For a proportion of 49,6% of vacationers, the aim of their journey in December 2024 was holidays, for 37,5% go to to mates and family and for 12,7% enterprise. Respectively, in December 2023, 58,4% of vacationers visited Cyprus for holidays, 30,4% visited mates or family and 11,0% visited Cyprus for enterprise causes (Desk).
Desk
Objective of Go to
Proportion (%)
Dec.2022
Dec.2023
Dec.2024
Holidays
61,9
58,4
49,6
Visiting mates & family
27,4
30,4
37,5
Enterprise
10,4
11,0
12,7
Returns of Residents of Cyprus
A complete variety of 168.022 residents of Cyprus returned from a visit overseas in December 2024 in comparison with 153.736 within the corresponding month final 12 months, recording a rise of 9,3%.
The principle nations from which residents of Cyprus returned in December 2024 had been Greece with a share of 31,2% (52.344), the UK with 13,7% (22.995), and Poland with 5,3% (8.956).
The aim of journey for the residents of Cyprus in December 2024 was primarily holidays with a proportion of 65,7%, while enterprise causes held a proportion of 16,3%, research 17,6% and different causes 0,4%.
Methodological Info
Definitions
Vacationers – Guests who keep for at the least one evening in Cyprus.
Vacationer arrivals – The time period refers back to the variety of journeys and to not the variety of individuals. This differs within the sense that one particular person can take a couple of journeys in the course of the reference interval.
Residents of Cyprus – This class consists of individuals who’ve resided in Cyprus for at the least 12 months or who’ve come to Cyprus with the intention of staying for at the least 12 months previous to their journey.
Supply of Information and Protection
The info are obtained from the Passengers Survey which is carried out on the factors of arrival in Larnaka and Pafos airports. Moreover, knowledge are additionally collected from administrative sources, such because the month-to-month arrivals from ports.
The info covers all individuals who go by way of passport management on the ports and airports within the Authorities managed space of Cyprus. It doesn’t embody travellers who arrive and depart illegally by way of ports and airports within the occupied a part of Cyprus.
The weighting was carried out primarily based on the information despatched to the Statistical Service by the Civil Aviation Division and from the ship manifests, in addition to on the information despatched by the Evaluation and Statistics Workplace of the Cyprus Police.
For extra data, go to CYSTAT Portal, subtheme Tourism, CYSTAT-DB (On-line Database), Predefined Tables (Excel), Methodological Info or contact Ms Lucy Panayidou at 22602152 or by way of e mail lpanagidou@cystat.mof.gov.cy.
