The arrivals of tourists in Cyprus reached 400,628 in October 2022 compared to 391,638 in October 2021, recording an increase of 2.3%.

For the period of January – October 2022, arrivals of tourists totaled 2,941,182 compared to 1.691,030 in the corresponding period of 2021, 612.975 in the period of January – October 2020 and 3,697,055 arrivals in the period of January – October 2019.

Arrivals from the United Kingdom were the main source of tourism for October 2022, with a share of 37.6% (150,699) of total arrivals, followed by Israel with 8.4% (33.624), Germany with 7.9% (31,556), Greece with 5.2% (20,934) and Poland with 4.7% (18,871).                                                                                                           

For a percentage of 83.1% of tourists, the purpose of their trip in October 2022 was holidays, for 11.5% visit to friends and relatives and for 5.3% business. Respectively, in October 2021, 87.2% of tourists visited Cyprus for holidays, 8.3% visited friends or relatives and 4.5% visited Cyprus for business reasons.