{"id":113798,"date":"2025-05-20T19:50:08","date_gmt":"2025-05-20T16:50:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lamaisonestates.com\/?p=113798"},"modified":"2025-05-20T19:50:08","modified_gmt":"2025-05-20T16:50:08","slug":"cyprus-welcomes-over-418000-tourists-in-april-2025-a-25-5-surge-compared-to-last-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lamaisonestates.com\/ru\/cyprus-welcomes-over-418000-tourists-in-april-2025-a-25-5-surge-compared-to-last-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Cyprus Welcomes Over 418,000 Tourists in April 2025 \u2013 A 25.5% Surge Compared to Last Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\" data-start=\"344\" data-end=\"573\">Tourism in Cyprus saw a major boost this spring, with 418,730 tourist arrivals recorded in April 2025\u2014a sharp 25.5% increase from the 333,563 visitors in April 2024, according to the Statistical Service of Cyprus.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"\" data-start=\"575\" data-end=\"599\">Top Source Countries<\/h3>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"601\" data-end=\"748\">Visitors from the United Kingdom led the pack, making up 36.3% of total arrivals (151,883 people). Other significant contributors included:<\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"750\" data-end=\"905\">\n<li class=\"\" data-start=\"750\" data-end=\"789\">\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"752\" data-end=\"789\"><strong data-start=\"752\" data-end=\"762\">Israel<\/strong>: 15.2% (63,474 arrivals)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"\" data-start=\"790\" data-end=\"829\">\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"792\" data-end=\"829\"><strong data-start=\"792\" data-end=\"803\">Germany<\/strong>: 7.1% (29,613 arrivals)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"\" data-start=\"830\" data-end=\"868\">\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"832\" data-end=\"868\"><strong data-start=\"832\" data-end=\"842\">Poland<\/strong>: 6.9% (29,009 arrivals)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"\" data-start=\"869\" data-end=\"905\">\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"871\" data-end=\"905\"><strong data-start=\"871\" data-end=\"881\">Greece<\/strong>: 3.9% (16,354 arrivals)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 class=\"\" data-start=\"907\" data-end=\"927\">Purpose of Visit<\/h3>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"929\" data-end=\"995\">The majority of tourists came to Cyprus for a well-deserved break:<\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"997\" data-end=\"1121\">\n<li class=\"\" data-start=\"997\" data-end=\"1035\">\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"999\" data-end=\"1035\">80.3% visited for holidays<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"\" data-start=\"1036\" data-end=\"1084\">\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1038\" data-end=\"1084\">12.7% came to see friends and family<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"\" data-start=\"1085\" data-end=\"1121\">\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1087\" data-end=\"1121\">6.9% traveled for business<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1123\" data-end=\"1190\">Compared to April 2024, there was a slight shift in travel reasons:<\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"1191\" data-end=\"1282\">\n<li class=\"\" data-start=\"1191\" data-end=\"1225\">\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1193\" data-end=\"1225\">82.1% visited for holidays<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"\" data-start=\"1226\" data-end=\"1258\">\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1228\" data-end=\"1258\">9.4% for personal visits<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"\" data-start=\"1259\" data-end=\"1282\">\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1261\" data-end=\"1282\">8.3% for business<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 class=\"\" data-start=\"1284\" data-end=\"1312\">Strong Start to the Year<\/h3>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1314\" data-end=\"1522\">Zooming out, tourist arrivals for the first four months of 2025 (January\u2013April) reached 865,326, marking a 15.6% year-on-year increase over the 748,814 arrivals during the same period in 2024.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"\" data-start=\"1524\" data-end=\"1527\" \/>\n<h3 class=\"\" data-start=\"1529\" data-end=\"1584\">Cypriot Residents Traveling Abroad Also on the Rise<\/h3>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1586\" data-end=\"1746\">It wasn\u2019t just tourists flying in\u2014164,844 residents of Cyprus returned from trips abroad in April 2025, a 24.1% increase from 132,806 in April 2024.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1748\" data-end=\"1790\">Top countries they returned from included:<\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"1791\" data-end=\"1916\">\n<li class=\"\" data-start=\"1791\" data-end=\"1831\">\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1793\" data-end=\"1831\">Greece: 33.3% (54,967 residents)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"\" data-start=\"1832\" data-end=\"1879\">\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1834\" data-end=\"1879\">United Kingdom: 8.6% (14,111 residents)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"\" data-start=\"1880\" data-end=\"1916\">\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1882\" data-end=\"1916\">Italy: 6.5% (10,735 residents)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1918\" data-end=\"1971\">Their reasons for travel were mostly leisure-related:<\/p>\n<ol data-start=\"1972\" data-end=\"2096\">\n<li class=\"\" data-start=\"1972\" data-end=\"2002\">\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1974\" data-end=\"2002\">70.9% for holidays<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"\" data-start=\"2003\" data-end=\"2033\">\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"2005\" data-end=\"2033\">17.5% for business<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"\" data-start=\"2034\" data-end=\"2063\">\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"2036\" data-end=\"2063\">10.8% for studies<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"\" data-start=\"2064\" data-end=\"2096\">\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"2066\" data-end=\"2096\">0.8% for other reasons<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><em data-start=\"315\" data-end=\"342\">Source: Stockwatch.com.cy<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tourism in Cyprus saw a major boost this spring, with 418,730 tourist arrivals recorded in April 2025\u2014a sharp 25.5% increase from the 333,563 visitors in April 2024, according to the Statistical Service of Cyprus. Top Source Countries Visitors from the United Kingdom led the pack, making up 36.3% of total arrivals (151,883 people). 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