{"id":12205,"date":"2024-05-17T18:01:25","date_gmt":"2024-05-17T15:01:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ch.jfdi.cc\/?p=12205"},"modified":"2024-05-17T18:01:25","modified_gmt":"2024-05-17T15:01:25","slug":"cyprus-tourist-arrivals-up-1-7-per-cent-in-first-four-months-of-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ch.jfdi.cc\/?p=12205","title":{"rendered":"Cyprus tourist arrivals up 1.7 per cent in first four months of 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ch.jfdi.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/cyprus-tourist-arrivals-up-1-7-per-cent-in-first-four-months-of-2024.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p><strong>Tourist arrivals to Cyprus in April 2024 amounted to 333,563,<\/strong> marking a <strong>decline of 2.7 per cent<\/strong> from 342,736 in April 2023, according to data released on Friday by the Cyprus Statistical Service (Cystat).<\/p>\n<div class=\"cypru-video-ads\" id=\"cypru-2144626184\">\n<div id=\"cypru-792946059\" data-cypru-trackid=\"478051\" data-cypru-trackbid=\"1\" class=\"cypru-target\">\n<div id=\"gpt-ad-5910432490339-0\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Over the period from J<strong>anuary to April 2024, tourist arrivals totalled 748,814,<\/strong> an increase of <strong>1.7 per cent<\/strong> compared to <strong>736,629<\/strong> in the corresponding period last year.<br \/>\nThe<strong> United Kingdom<\/strong> remained the main source of tourism in April 2024, accounting for 35.3 per cent or 117,902 of total arrivals.<br \/>\nThis was followed by <strong>Israel<\/strong>, which contributed 10.7 per cent or 35,673 tourists, and <strong>Poland<\/strong> with 7.6 per cent, equating to 25,250 visitors.<br \/>\n<strong>Germany<\/strong> and <strong>Greece<\/strong> also contributed significant numbers, with 6.7 per cent or 22,510 and 3.9 per cent or 13,056 tourists respectively.<br \/>\nIn terms of travel purposes, a substantial <strong>82.1 per cent of tourists visited Cyprus for holidays<\/strong> in April 2024. This represents a notable increase from 79.3 per cent in April 2023.<br \/>\nVisits to friends and relatives accounted for 9.4 per cent, down from 14.5 per cent in the previous year, while business trips made up 8.3 per cent, an increase from 6.0 per cent.<br \/>\nTurning to the returns of residents of Cyprus, April 2024 saw 132,806 residents returning from trips abroad, a slight decrease of 2.1 per cent from 135,659 in the same month last year.<br \/>\nThe majority of these returns were from <strong>Greece<\/strong>, which represented 35.7 per cent or 47,441 of the totals.<br \/>\nThe <strong>United Kingdom<\/strong> and <strong>Italy<\/strong> were also popular, with returns from these countries comprising 9.6 per cent or 12,749 and 6.0 per cent or 7,907 respectively.<br \/>\nThe primary purpose of travel for <strong>Cypriot<\/strong> <strong>residents<\/strong> in April 2024 was for holidays, which accounted for 61.1 per cent.<br \/>\nBusiness-related travel was also significant, 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