{"id":12193,"date":"2024-05-17T18:00:29","date_gmt":"2024-05-17T15:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ch.jfdi.cc\/?p=12193"},"modified":"2024-05-17T18:00:29","modified_gmt":"2024-05-17T15:00:29","slug":"cyprus-tourism-on-track-to-meet-targets-minister-says-after-second-best-april","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ch.jfdi.cc\/?p=12193","title":{"rendered":"Cyprus tourism on track to meet targets, minister says, after second-best April"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ch.jfdi.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/cyprus-tourism-on-track-to-meet-targets-minister-says-after-second-best-april.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p><strong>Deputy Minister of Tourism Kostas Koumis<\/strong> on Friday said that <strong>tourist arrivals for the first four months of 2024 indicate that the island can achieve its goals<\/strong> for the year, despite any challenges.<\/p>\n<div class=\"cypru-video-ads\" id=\"cypru-3891326\">\n<div id=\"cypru-929801047\" data-cypru-trackid=\"478051\" data-cypru-trackbid=\"1\" class=\"cypru-target\">\n<div id=\"gpt-ad-5270714274591-0\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Despite a <strong>muted April<\/strong>, which saw a<strong> 2.7 per cent year-on-year decline,<\/strong> tourist arrivals between January and April totalled <strong>748,814,<\/strong> marking an <strong>increase of 1.7 per cent,<\/strong> compared to<strong> 736,629<\/strong> in the corresponding period last year.<br \/>\nIn addition, the <strong>UK remained the key source of tourism,<\/strong> corresponding to 35.3 per cent of all arrivals during the month of April<br \/>\n\u201cThe <strong>goal<\/strong> we set at the beginning of the year, considering all the facts before us, such as the<strong> escalating tensions in the Eastern Mediterranean<\/strong>, the economic situation in <strong>Central and Western Europe<\/strong>, and the <strong>aviation sector crisis<\/strong>, was to achieve a performance <strong>comparable to that of the previous year<\/strong>,\u201d Koumis explained in a written statement.<br \/>\n\u201cThis goal\u201d, he added, \u201cwas set<strong> despite the adversities<\/strong> faced by the tourism sector and knowing that<strong> last year\u2019s performance was exceptionally high<\/strong>, even all the way until mid-October\u201d.<br \/>\nHe noted that the arrival statistics for the first four months indicate an increase of 1.7 per cent compared to the previous year, marking the<strong> best first-fourth-month period<\/strong> ever recorded for the country\u2019s tourism sector.<br \/>\n\u201cThe above data confirms that we are <strong>on track to meet our targets despite the challenges<\/strong>,\u201d he stated.<br \/>\nRegarding the statistics for <strong>April<\/strong>, which showed a<strong> 2.7 per cent decrease compared to the previous year<\/strong>, the Deputy Minister emphasised that <strong>April 2024 was the second-best April<\/strong> in the country\u2019s tourism history.<br \/>\nThe arrivals recorded during April of 2023 hold the number one spot. In addition, <strong>this year\u2019s performance during April was better than April 2019 by 1.3 per cent,<\/strong> during what was a bumper year for Cyprus\u2019 tourism sector.<br \/>\nHe stressed that this decrease was anticipated as it was influenced by the fact that <strong>Catholic Easter<\/strong> occurred much earlier this year, having taken place on March 31.<br \/>\nAdditionally, <strong>April was also negatively impacted by the escalation of tensions in the Eastern Mediterranean<\/strong>, particularly after Israel and Iran started exchanging threats.<br \/>\n\u201cOverall, the results of the first four months are satisfactory, considering all the factors affecting this period,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"flex flex-grow flex-col max-w-full\">\n<div class=\"min-h-[20px] text-message flex flex-col items-start whitespace-pre-wrap break-words [.text-message+&amp;]:mt-5 juice:w-full juice:items-end overflow-x-auto gap-2\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" 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