Tourist arrivals in Cyprus were up by 3.7% in December compared to the same month last year, according to data released by the Cyprus Statistical Service.
Annually January – December tourist arrivals were up by 1.5%.
On the basis of the results of the Passengers Survey, arrivals of tourists were 56,863 in December 2014 compared to 54,813 in December 2013, up by 3.7%.
An increase of 5.1% was recorded in tourist arrivals from the United Kingdom (from 17,115 in December 2013 to 17,995 in December 2014).
Tourist arrivals from Greece were up by 9.1% (from 7,577 to 8,263 this year).
However, tourist arrivals from Russia fell by 12.5% (4,956 in December 2014 compared to 5,664 in December 2013).
For the period January – December 2014 tourist arrivals totalled 2,441,239 compared to 2,405,390 in the corresponding period of 2013, recording an increase of 1.5%.