Tourist arrivals in Cyprus in 2016 reached 3,18 million, marking a new all-time record after 2001, figures released recently by the Cyprus StatisticalService (Cystat) show.
Arrivals reached 3,185,531, marking an increase of 19.8% compared with 2,659,405. The previous record in arrivals was set in 2001 with 2,696,700.
Arrivals from the United Kingdom, Cyprus` biggest tourist market, reached 1.15 million recording an increase of 11.2% compared with 2015. UK arrivals in 2015 amounted to 36.4% of total tourist arrivals. Russia followed with 781,634 arrivals, an increase of 49% year on year. Arrivals from Greece reached 160,254 up by 15% compared with 2015, followed by tourist arrivals from Israel with 148,739 up by 51% year on year. Arrivals from Germany amounted to 124,030, registering an increase of 10.5% year on year.
Source: CNA
