#South Of Cyprus

Concern about tourism

It was stated that the negative developments in Israel caused concerns in the tourism industry in the south of Cyprus. Politis newspaper noted that Israel is the second largest market for the Republic of Cyprus in terms of tourism, and wrote that more than 300 thousand tourists came from Israel this year. According to the news, Tourism Undersecretary Kostas Kumis, in his statement following the working meeting between the President of the Republic of Cyprus Nikos Hristodulidis and the Cyprus Tourism Enterprises Association (STEK), stated that they never stopped communicating and working with other countries and other markets. Noting that the developments worry them due to the size of the Israeli market, Kumis said that they are constantly examining other markets. In response to a question, Cyprus Tourism Enterprises Association (STEK) President Akis Vavlitis stated that there has been no change in new reservation requests from Israel. The newspaper wrote that tourism-related issues were discussed at the relevant working meeting.