17-08-2021 12:46
Tourist Arrivals: July 2021
The arrivals of tourists reached 297.308 in July 2021, recording an increase of 358,0% compared to July 2020 (during which 64.914 arrivals were recorded), and a decrease of 46,0% compared to July 2019 (with 550.971 arrivals).
For the period of January – July 2021, arrivals of tourists totaled 638.292 compared to 320.589 in the corresponding period of 2020, recording an increase of 99,1%, and a decrease of 70,7% compared to the period of January – July 2019 (2.181.994 arrivals).
Arrivals from Russia were the main source of tourism for July 2021, with a share of 28,2% (83.926) of total arrivals, followed by the United Kingdom with 9,8% (29.149), Poland with 7,6% (22.460), Israel with 5,4% (16.171), Ukraine with 5,0% (14.731) and Greece with 4,7% (13.957).
For a percentage of 85,0% of tourists, the purpose of their trip in July 2021 was holidays, for 11,3% visit to friends and relatives and for 3,7% business. Respectively, in July 2020, 70,6% of tourists visited Cyprus for holidays, 20,1% visited friends or relatives and 9,3% visited Cyprus for business reasons.
Table 1 |
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Purpose of visit |
Percentage (%) |
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July 19 |
July 20 |
July 21 |
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Holidays |
87,0 |
70,6 |
85,0 |
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Visiting friends & relatives |
10,4 |
20,1 |
11,3 |
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Business |
2,6 |
9,3 |
3,7 |
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METHODOLOGICAL NOTES
Definitions
Tourists – Visitors who stay for at least one night in Cyprus.
Tourist arrivals – The term refers to the number of trips and not to the number of persons. This differs in the sense that one person can take more than one trips during the reference period.
Source of data and coverage
The statistics for July 2021 were obtained from processing of the data of the electronic platform “Cyprus Flight Pass”. The passengers aiming to travel to Cyprus were required to submit in the above mentioned platform, information in relation to their flight, their country of residence, the purpose of their visit, as well as other demographic characteristics. This information was used by the Statistical Service, in order to estimate the number of tourist arrivals during the reference period. The weighting of data was conducted based on the data sent to the Statistical Service by the Civil Aviation Department and from the ship manifests, as well as data sent by the Analysis and Statistics Office of the Cyprus Police.
Due to issues that arose from the self-declared information provided by the passengers, it was not possible to provide a more extensive analysis by country of usual residence.
For more information:
Statistical Service (CYSTAT) Website, subtheme Tourism
Contact
Lucy Panayidou: Tel.:+35722602152, E-mail: lpanagidou@cystat.mof.gov.cy
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