Cyprus: Tourist arrivals up by 106%

Tourist arrivals in Cyprus reached 90,549 in January 2023 compared to 43,944 in January 2022, an increase of 106.1%. Arrivals from the United Kingdom were the primary tourism market for January 2023, with a share of 20.6% or 18,631 arrivals, followed by Israel with 16.6% or 14,991 arrivals. Poland followed with 12.3% or 11,166.
A 64.8% of the people arriving in Cyprus in January said the purpose of their trip was holidays, while 21.4% were visiting friends and relatives, and 13.4% came to the country for business.
In January 2022, 57.5% of people who visited Cyprus came for holidays, 22.3% visited friends or relatives, and 20.2% visited Cyprus for business reasons.