Tourist arrivals in Cyprus exceeded 1.65 million in the first half of 2024, up by an annual 2.4% with arrivals in June, the first summer month, rising by 5.5% compared with June 2023.

According to data released by the Statistical Service of Cyprus (CyStat), the arrivals of tourists reached 482,261 in June 2024 compared to 456,985 in June 2023.

For the period of January – June 2024, tourist arrivals reached 1,652,475 compared to 1,613,690 in the corresponding period of 2023, recording an increase of 2.4%.

Arrivals from the United Kingdom were the main source of tourism for June 2024, with a share of 35.6% (171,704) of total arrivals, followed by Israel with 10.7% (51,814), Poland with 7.5% (36,202), Sweden with 4.9% (23,639) and Germany with 4.5% (21,552).

Tourist arrivals from Israel as a percentage of total arrivals rose significantly compared with May’s share of 7.9%, whereas arrivals from UK, Poland remained broadly stable. The share or arrivals from Germany declined compared with May.

A total of 83.4% of visitors, stated that the purpose of their trip in June 2024 was holidays, for 10.5% visit to friends and relatives and for 5.9% business. Respectively, in June 2023, 81.7% of people who visited Cyprus were here on holiday, 12.6% visited friends or relatives and 5.5% visited Cyprus for business reasons, Cystat added.