Nicosia: Tourist arrivals recorded an annual increase of 13.7% in May 2025.
According to Cyprus News Agency, the arrivals of tourists reached 479,160 in May 2025 compared to 421,400 in May 2024.
For the period of January to May 2025, arrivals of tourists totaled 1,344,486 compared to 1,170,214 in the corresponding period of 2024, recording an increase of 14.9%.
Arrivals from the United Kingdom were the main source of tourism for May 2025, with a share of 37.4% (179,150) of total arrivals, followed by Israel with 9.4% (45,249), Poland with 7.7% (36,800), Germany with 6.2% (29,938), Sweden with 4.8% (22,924), and Greece with 3.7% (17,591).
For 81.2% of tourists, the purpose of their trip in May 2025 was holidays, 11.1% visited friends and relatives, and 7.6% traveled for business. In May 2024, 83.7% of tourists visited Cyprus for holidays, 9.8% visited friends or relatives, and 6.3% visited for business reasons.
A total number of 143,296 residents of Cyprus returned from a trip abroad in May 2025 compared to 144,042 in the corresponding month last year, recording a decrease of 0.5%.
The main countries from which residents of Cyprus returned in May 2025 were Greece with a share of 28.3% (40,494), the United Kingdom with 8.1% (11,555), and Italy with 7.1% (10,202).
The purpose of travel for the residents of Cyprus in May 2025 was mainly holidays, with a percentage of 66.9%, whilst business reasons held a percentage of 29.7%, studies 2.3%, and other reasons 1.1%.