To make Cyprus, an all -year high quality vacation spot, extra sturdy, extra environmentally pleasant, digitally sensible and with out burdening the social surroundings for the good thing about native communities, staff and companies within the trade, the Chairman of the Board of Administrators requested for, Cyprus Tourism Enterprises, Akis Vavvitis, in his speech on the Common Meeting of the Affiliation on Tuesday in Nicosia.
In line with Mr Vavitis, Cypriot tourism, regardless of the challenges and geopolitical turmoil, confirmed its strengths, and because of the collective efforts of the trade, the Ministry of Tourism, the State and the Native Authorities, in 2024 guests broke the guests. Dam of 4m and reached 4,040m, with income anticipated to succeed in 3.2 billion euros, contributing to about 13% to GDP.
He famous, nonetheless, that of the 4 million guests, a share of round 35%, ie 1.4 million, didn’t reside in licensed resort models, and ended up both in unlawful lodging or brief -term leases, or went for his or her trip to the occupied territories. Lands or kinfolk and buddies, and famous that in 2014, the typical period of tourists to the vacationer lodging of Cyprus was 10.7 days and 2024 was 8.6 days, a lower of 24%.
He added that the present vacationer yr is anticipated to vary across the identical ranges as 2024, noting that, whereas the geopolitical upheavals proceed, the unfavorable political and financial surroundings in Germany and France, and lately the threatened commerce conflict between Europe and the US, shouldn’t. To be thought-about neither self -evident nor given.
Relating to the nations of origin of tourism to Cyprus, he mentioned that in 2024 guests from the UK had been 35% of all incoming tourism, simply 10% from the second market of Israel and different nations with a lot decrease charges, And he advised a focused and correctly studied method to Saudi Arabia and particularly the Indian market, to draw high quality vacationers but in addition for the dispersion of hazard.
Relating to the difficulty of seasonality, “essentially the most dangerous structural downside dealing with Cypriot tourism for a lot of many years, as within the 5 winter months we’ve got about 16% of tourists and solely 12% of income”, Mr Vavvitis advised The examine with the cooperation of all these concerned for winter tourism, which can reply, as he mentioned, what sort of winter tourism product we should always create and which guests will handle.
Relating to the dearth of workers in tourism, he mentioned it could proceed to turn into extra acute from yr to yr, because the Cypriot financial system in addition to the hospitality trade is anticipated to proceed to have excessive progress charges.
He added that lately, human assets have been employed by third nations to fill vacancies, which, he mentioned, appears to be the one possibility, a minimum of for the subsequent decade, “considering the delivery of the plague that has plagued lately Our nation in addition to its small inhabitants dimension. “
“The President of the Republic has lately introduced that the entire course of for the recruitment of human assets from third nations could be digitized, reaching additional dashing up the entire course of. On this means the state is slowly beginning to put a definitive finish to the paper and is very appreciated. Nonetheless, there are nonetheless distortions that want speedy decision, amongst different issues, flexibility at work, the mobility of staff between resort models belonging to the identical group, whether or not they’re in the identical province or not, because the time interval, “he added.
He added that for the housing of overseas staff, STEK has ready and despatched a examine to the Director of City Planning, the Ministry of the Inside and the Presidency, as many employers wish to proceed with the erection of residential models, to host their workers. City motives as in different circumstances.
In line with Mr Vavitis, the largest downside for tourism professionals in the present day is the inadequacy of the transport and distribution community to obtain all of the scattered and scattered energy output from renewable power.
He famous that the decision for the creation of a plan for the creation of power communities that resort companies can use, in addition to the beginning of Part B of the greenhouse gasoline emissions plan, whereas requested to permit massive electrical energy customers to be allowed. To be inexperienced power producers and on the identical time self -consuming.
Relating to the brief -term lease phenomenon, he mentioned that estimates are speaking about operation in Cyprus about 80 to 90,000 beds, “about all of the authorized resort trade”, of which, as he famous, just one/3 are registered As they need to, within the Register of the Ministry of Tourism.
“The state should, by way of fairness in opposition to the resort trade, instantly set up a strict regulatory framework for his or her operation, with safety requirements, in addition to an efficient mechanism of compliance with laws to be established,” he mentioned.
He additionally mentioned that the preparation of a single and built-in spatial planning for tourism is required, with the involvement of the Ministry of Tourism in order that, as he identified, “the Nationwide Tourism Technique is holistically, and to attain a extra uniform distribution of tourism. progress and guarded by it delicate environmental areas. “
In view of the replace and growth of the tourism technique, he conveyed the place of STEK that it ought to purpose to “in a extra balanced geographical tourism improvement, by means of a complete city planning, in a context of viability considering the out there assets (and particularly the water and power adequacy), objectives and rising traits. “
In closing, he requested to take note of all the opposite elements required for a holistic administration of the tourism product, “to make Cyprus, an all -year high quality vacation spot, extra sturdy, extra environmentally pleasant, digitally sensible and with out burdening it. The social surroundings, for the good thing about native communities, staff and companies within the trade. “
“Since its institution, STEK has been advising for 28 years that” high quality tourism is a one -way avenue “. From in the present day Stek will advocate that “sustainable tourism is an absolute one -way avenue”, he concluded.
In his personal speech, Alexander Thanos, the Government Advisor of the Hellenic Tourism Enterprises Affiliation (SETE), mentioned that Greece and Cyprus are necessary vacationer locations for European – and never solely – markets, whereas the institutional points that concern the 2 nations are widespread and customary. Timeless.
“2024 was a wonderful yr at each arrivals and income ranges and would be the new milestone for our course. However behind the numbers there’s a extra advanced actuality we’ve got to cope with, “he mentioned, indicating, for instance, the unstable and unsure geopolitical picture stays, the multiplied challenges from the local weather disaster, the rising expectations of tourists, staff and native communities, workers and native communities. Difficulty of over -tourism in some nations within the European South, which, he mentioned, creates level in a “anti -war” narrative, persistent inflationary pressures at European degree that affect the best way and frequency Enterprise outcomes.
“The purpose, in the present day, should be a course in direction of a tourism sustainable, aggressive and socially accountable,” Mr Thanos mentioned.
Specifically, he mentioned that on the native degree, the problems confronted by the 2 nations are related, most important of spatial planning, whereas additionally stood on the lack of human assets and the difficulty of brief -term leases and “over -tourism” phenomena.
He additionally acknowledged the necessity to restore the harm from the pure disasters which have hit and can proceed to hit nations on account of local weather change, however famous that funding of those bills couldn’t be the duty of 1 trade within the financial system and that no matter Quantities are collected by the local weather disaster charges should be channeled to upgrading the infrastructure and operation of locations.
He additionally highlighted that for the primary time there’s a discrete distinct portfolio for transport and sustainable tourism at European degree, describing the Greek commissioner, Apostolos Tzitzikostas, as a contented scenario.
“The event of tourism should be primarily based on a imaginative and prescient that mixes competitiveness with duty. Cooperation, partnerships. We’re at all times at your disposal for alternate of views, cooperation, dialogue that can improve {our relationships}, “he concluded.
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