Cypriots’ trips abroad increased in October

A total of 119,466 residents of Cyprus returned from a trip abroad in October 2022, compared to 64,547 in the corresponding month last year, recording an increase of 85.1%.

According to the Statistical Service of Cyprus (CyStat), the main countries from which the Cyprus residents returned in October were Greece with 34%, the United Kingdom with 12.9% and Italy with 7%. Meanwhile, tourism arrivals in Cyprus reached 400,628 in October compared to 391,638 in October 2021, recording an increase of 2.3%.

For the period of January-October 2022, the tourist arrivals in Cyprus totaled 2,941,182 compared to 1,691,030 in the corresponding period of 2021, 612,975 in the period of January-October 2020 and 3,697,055 arrivals in the first 10 months of 2019.