{"id":116246,"date":"2025-07-17T19:26:49","date_gmt":"2025-07-17T16:26:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lamaisonestates.com\/?p=116246"},"modified":"2025-07-17T19:26:49","modified_gmt":"2025-07-17T16:26:49","slug":"tourist-arrivals-in-cyprus-rise-by-11-5-in-first-half-of-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lamaisonestates.com\/he\/tourist-arrivals-in-cyprus-rise-by-11-5-in-first-half-of-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Tourist Arrivals in Cyprus Rise by 11.5% in First Half of 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cyprus experienced a notable uptick in tourist traffic during the first six months of 2025, welcoming 1,843,013 visitors compared to 1,652,475 during the same period last year\u2014marking an 11.5% increase, according to figures released by the Statistical Service and reported by Stockwatch<\/em>.<\/p>\n

June Sees Continued Growth<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tourism numbers for June alone reached 498,527, up 3.4% from 482,261 in June 2024.<\/p>\n

The United Kingdom maintained its position as the leading source of visitors, contributing 36.4% of June\u2019s arrivals (181,610 individuals). Other key source markets included Poland (7.3%), Israel (6.1%), Germany (5.3%), Sweden (4.8%), and Romania (3.4%).<\/p>\n

Visitor Trends by Country<\/strong><\/p>\n

Among the most significant year-on-year increases in June arrivals were tourists from Denmark, up 73.6%, followed by the Netherlands (31.3%), Romania (29.1%), and Lebanon (25%).<\/p>\n

Conversely, a decline was seen in arrivals from Israel (down 41.6%), France (down 20.1%), and Greece (down 16.4%).<\/p>\n

Purpose of Visit<\/strong><\/p>\n

The majority of international visitors in June 2025 came to Cyprus for holiday purposes\u201481.2%\u2014while 13.2% visited friends or family, and 5.6% traveled for business. In comparison, the figures for June 2024 stood at 83.4% for holidays, 10.5% for social visits, and 5.9% for business.<\/p>\n

Outbound Travel by Cypriot Residents Also Increases<\/strong><\/p>\n

In addition to higher inbound tourism, outbound travel by Cyprus residents also saw growth. A total of 157,324 Cypriot residents returned from trips abroad in June 2025, representing a 15.1% increase over the 136,739 recorded in June 2024.<\/p>\n

The most common countries visited were Greece (34% share or 53,543 returns), the UK (8.3% or 13,134), and Italy (7.1% or 11,173).<\/p>\n

Among Cypriot travelers, 61.6% traveled for leisure, 24.9% for business, and 11.8% for studies.<\/p>\n

Source: Stockwatch.com.cy<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Cyprus experienced a notable uptick in tourist traffic during the first six months of 2025, welcoming 1,843,013 visitors compared to 1,652,475 during the same period last year\u2014marking an 11.5% increase, according to figures released by the Statistical Service and reported by Stockwatch. June Sees Continued Growth Tourism numbers for June alone reached 498,527, up 3.4% […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":116247,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[211],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lamaisonestates.com\/he\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116246"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lamaisonestates.com\/he\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lamaisonestates.com\/he\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lamaisonestates.com\/he\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lamaisonestates.com\/he\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=116246"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lamaisonestates.com\/he\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116246\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":116248,"href":"https:\/\/lamaisonestates.com\/he\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116246\/revisions\/116248"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lamaisonestates.com\/he\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/116247"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lamaisonestates.com\/he\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=116246"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lamaisonestates.com\/he\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=116246"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lamaisonestates.com\/he\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=116246"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}