{"id":8918,"date":"2024-04-20T00:00:47","date_gmt":"2024-04-19T21:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ch.jfdi.cc\/?p=8918"},"modified":"2024-04-20T00:00:47","modified_gmt":"2024-04-19T21:00:47","slug":"tourism-minister-optimistic-for-similar-results-as-last-year-despite-challenges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ch.jfdi.cc\/?p=8918","title":{"rendered":"Tourism Minister optimistic for similar results as last year despite challenges"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ch.jfdi.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/tourism-minister-optimistic-for-similar-results-as-last-year-despite-challenges.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p>Deputy Minister for Tourism Costas Koumis said he is optimistic that tourist arrivals in 2024 will equal the numbers registered last year, despite geopolitical crisis marking the region.<\/p>\n<div class=\"cypru-video-ads\" id=\"cypru-1673672024\">\n<div id=\"cypru-1994135257\" 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provided of course there are not further tensions in the wider region of the Eastern Mediterranean.\u201d<br \/>\nOn his part, Ioannis Papameletiou, Ambassador of Greece to Cyprus said that relations between Greece and Cyprus in the field of tourism \u201care at their strongest,\u201d noting that close to 600,000 Cypriots travelled to Greece last year, while Greeks visiting Cyprus in 2023 amounted to 188,000.<br \/>\nGreece is the most popular destination for Cypriots, accounting for 40% of the total outgoing tourism of Cyprus, he said.<br \/>\nThe Greek ambassador stressed that the key determinant for these results is the growth in air connectivity, with six airline companies operating flights schedules between the two countries.<br \/>\nHe moreover said that traveling flows between the two countries are expected to continue increasing in the high tourist season of July and August, during which the two countries will be connected with 155 flights per week.<br \/>\nAssociation of Cyprus Tourist Agents Vice President Christos Asprou said Cypriot agents are optimising for travelling this year.<br \/>\n\u201cIn this year we estimate that our sector will recover significantly and this is already shown by the passenger traffic data of the first months of 2023 and the great interest shown for the summer time,\u201d he said.<br \/>\nHe referred to the data by Hermes Airports, that passenger traffic surpassed 1.5 million in the first three months of this year, whereas tourist arrivals have risen by 5.4 year on year in the first quarter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fact: Deputy Minister for Tourism Costas Koumis is optimistic that tourist arrivals in 2024 will equal the numbers registered last year, despite geopolitical crisis marking the 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