{"id":8982,"date":"2024-04-20T18:00:36","date_gmt":"2024-04-20T15:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ch.jfdi.cc\/?p=8982"},"modified":"2024-04-20T18:00:36","modified_gmt":"2024-04-20T15:00:36","slug":"tourist-arrivals-increase-5-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ch.jfdi.cc\/?p=8982","title":{"rendered":"Tourist arrivals increase 5.4%"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ch.jfdi.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/tourist-arrivals-increase-5-4.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p>The first quarter of 2024 has ended with an <strong>increase of 5. 4 per cent in tourist arrivals<\/strong> compared to last year, deputy tourism minister Costas Koumis said on Saturday.<\/p>\n<div class=\"cypru-video-ads\" id=\"cypru-1864839903\">\n<div id=\"cypru-97462998\" data-cypru-trackid=\"478051\" data-cypru-trackbid=\"1\" class=\"cypru-target\">\n<div id=\"gpt-ad-9957609261885-0\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of the Fish Festival taking place in Polis Chrysochous, he stressed this is no easy situation.<br \/>\n\u201cWe are going through a year with many peculiarities and many adversities\u201d,\u00a0Koumis said.<br \/>\nA combination of the crisis in the region as well as economic difficulties in some countries from which Cyprus\u00a0receives a large number of visitors, all add up to a challenging situation, he added.<br \/>\nHowever,\u00a0\u201cwe are satisfied with the results, and we hope to\u00a0achieve another good\u00a0performance by the end of the year.\u201d<br \/>\nHe expressed hope\u00a0that all tensions in the region will come to an end.<br \/>\nKoumis specified that <strong>tourism from Israel, which is the second largest market for Cyprus, has recorded a 26 per cent decrease<\/strong> so far, but other markets have seen an increase, such as arrivals from Poland, which are recording a big increase, as well as the German and Swiss visitors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fact: The first quarter of 2024 saw an increase of 5.4 per cent in tourist arrivals compared to the previous year. 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