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PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE
Message by the President of the Association of Cyprus Travel Agents Mr Vasilis Stamataris
Dear Reader,
ACTA’s Cyprus Tourism Guide “DIRECTORY” is the oldest and most established tourist directory, with more than 15 years of history in publishing papers, that addresses a wide spectrum of tourism matters, information and contact details of tourist providers.
As an inclusive output publication, Tourism Directory 2019 aims to incorporate multidisciplinary travel agents, tour operators and tourist providers, such as airlines, hotels, cruises as well as best tourism places, archaeological sites and museums to advance Cyprus as a country and to support the tourist product and services.
Addressing all the Cypriot tourism providers, destinations and industry members, Tourism Directory 2019 is exploring the tourism phenomenon and industry holistically as an ecosystem.
The 2018 figures for tourist arrivals were the highest ever recorded in Cyprus. Estimates at this time are that 2019 will be a challenged year. Although, we will try to manage to maintain the same figures as those of 2018 and 2017. We have done so much over these years, and our goal now is to stay at the numbers we have reached.
Taking this opportunity, I welcome on board the Deputy Ministry of Tourism which constitutes a transformation of the Cyprus Tourism Organization (CTO). The Deputy Ministry of Tourism established and operates in accordance with the provisions of the Cyprus Law and its main objective is to establish a strategic and supervisory authority with powers to develop a national strategy for tourism, promotion and projection of Cyprus as a tourist destination.
We, as the Association of Cyprus Travel Agents (ACTA), are ready to support our Members with responsible actions and constructive criticism on all tourism and travelling related matters, as well as with proposals and suggestions for the sector’s improvement.
We are pleased to present this Tourism Directory 2019 and we hope that you find this publication useful.
We look forward to providing you with any additional information or assistance that you require.
Vasilis Stamataris President of ACTA
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