July 2018 saw the highest ever tourist arrivals in Cyprus during the seventh month of the year, recording an annual increase of 1.6%, data released by the Cyprus Statistical Service, on Friday, show.
On the basis of results from the Passenger Survey, tourist arrivals in July 2018 were 539,626 compared to 531,030 in July 2017, recording an increase of 1.6%, a Statistical Service press release says.
July 2018 arrivals were the highest ever in Cyprus until today during July, it notes.
During the first seven months of this year tourist arrivals were 2,184,775 compared to 1,994,236 during the first seven months of 2017, recording an increase of 9.6%. The figure is once more a historic high for that period in Cyprus.
In relation to the countries from which tourists choose Cyprus a holiday destination, the official data show that arrivals from Sweden were up by 15% in July on an annual basis, while arrivals from Lebanon were also up by 15.9%.
On the other hand tourist arrivals from the UK were down by 1.1%, from Russia by 5.9%, from Israel by 22.2% and from Germany by 4.5%.
The UK continues to be the main source of tourism for Cyprus in July 2018 having a share of 32.4% of the market. It is followed by Russia (22.5%), Israel (6.1%) and Sweden (4.8%), the press release says.
On the basis of the passenger survey 87.7% of people arriving in Cyprus in July came for holidays, 9.8% to visit friends or relatives and 2.5% for business purposes.
