According to the Cyprus newspaper Phileleftheros, Cyprus tourismis experiencing a great growth, which has already became obvious as the 2017season has just begun and the numbers continue to improve on a weekly basis.
Seeing the first figures of percentages increase in touristarrivals to the island, it is expected that 2017 will break any previousrecord. With Turkey tourism rate falling by 50% at the same moment,Cyprus is going to be among the top Mediterranean summer holidaydestinations this year.
Apart from that, there has been an increase in wintertourism on the island. The collective efforts of the tour operators sellingwinter holiday packages at very competitive and attractive prices have resultedin pushing the numbers upward. The expected numbers are bound to beat the 2016record with arrivals reaching 3.2 million and revenues reaching € 2.3 billion.
A number of initiatives were introduced by the CyprusTourism Organization last year to boost the Cyprus tourism incollaboration with other European countries and it has announced that thefirst year of visit to Cyprus over 7,000 Austrian pensioners was completed, andit has been noted that a similar number of Austrian visitors is expected in thespring of 2018.
With a reference to the Parliamentary Trade Committee, thistrend expected to become even stronger in 2017 as bookings are moving todouble-digit growth rates.