Tourist arrivals in Cyprus record increase of 208.7% in August 2021

The arrivals of tourists in Cyprus reached 321,858 in August 2021, recording an increase of 208.7% compared to August 2020 (during which 104,261 arrivals were recorded), and a decrease of 41.9% compared to August 2019 (with 553,845 arrivals).

Figures released on Friday by CyStat show that for the period of January – August 2021, arrivals of tourists totalled 960,150 compared to 424,850 in the corresponding period of 2020, recording an increase of 126.0%, and a decrease of 64.9% compared to the period of January – August 2019 (2,735,839 arrivals).

Arrivals from Russia were the main source of tourism for August 2021, with a share of 27.2% (87,427) of total arrivals, followed by the United Kingdom with 22.9% (73,683), Poland with 7.1% (22,893), Ukraine with 4.6% (14,863), Greece with 3.9% (12,546) and Germany with 3.2% (10,284).

Source: Cyprus News Agency