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CYPRUS

a major tourist centre

Tourism in Cyprus:
Volume, Value and Characteristics
SUMMARY
The total number of visitor’s arrivals in 2019 was 3,976,777 as compared to 3,938,625 in 2018 recording an increase of
1%. Revenue from tourism in 2019 was estimated at €2,683 billion, recording a decrease of approximately 1% in relation
to the corresponding figure for 2018 (2,710 billion).

ANNUAL TOURIST ARRIVALS TO CYPRUS
Comparison 2019/2018/2017
% Change % Change
2019 2018 2019/2018 2017 2018/2017
ALL COUNTRIES 3,976,777 3,938,625 1.0% 3,652,073 7.8%
EUROPE 3,430,067 3,472,995 -1.2% 3,196,746 8.6%
E.U. Countries 2,381,731 2,455,507 -3.0% 2,180,949 12.6%
Belgium 26,077 28,231 -7.6% 27,089 4.2%
Bulgaria 20,937 24,742 -15.4% 13,882 78.2%
Czech Republic 24,607 20,823 18.2% 12,749 63.3%
Denmark 40,568 43,063 -5.8% 34,990 23.1%
Germany 151,500 189,200 -19.9% 188,826 0.2%
Greece 171,512 186,370 -8.0% 169,712 9.8%
Spain 9,550 9,466 0.9% 6,927 36.7%
France 31,114 36,500 -14.8% 35,931 1.6%
Ireland 19,513 19,987 -2.4% 7,310 173.4%
Italy 27,491 24,041 14.4% 19,322 24.4%
Latvia 15,398 15,676 -1.8% 6,235 151.4%
Lithuania 18,580 20,406 -8.9% 18,352 11.2%
Hungary 31,916 25,343 25.9% 14,888 70.2%
Malta 6,636 5,630 17.9% 5,684 -1.0%
Netherlands 43,198 42,217 2.3% 37,585 12.3%
Austria 44,538 45,888 -2.9% 40,473 13.4%
Poland 80,243 89,508 -10.4% 56,665 58.0%
Romania 57,313 66,969 -14.4% 49,304 35.8%
Slovak Republic 32,844 28,044 17.1% 11,784 138.0%
Finland 24,661 26,507 -7.0% 20,962 26.5%
Sweden 144,605 153,769 -6.0% 136,725 12.5%
United Kingdom 1,330,635 1,327,805 0.2% 1,253,839 5.9%
Other EU countries 28,287 25,323 11.7% 11,718 116.1%
Other European countries 1,048,337 1,017,487 3.0% 1,015,795 0.2%
Switzerland (incl. Liechten.) 67,534 74,216 -9.0% 57,540 29.0%
Norway 60,782 55,273 10.0% 54,342 1.7%
Russia 781,856 783,631 -0.2% 824,494 -5.0%
Belarus 22,136 18,476 19.8% 16,286 13.4%
Ukraine 95,031 69,619 36.5% 48,190 44.5%
Serbia 10,536 9,711 8.5% 10,128 -4.1%
Other Europe 10,461 6,565 59.3% 4,816 36.3%
AFRICA 20,263 17,943 12.9% 16,081 11.6%
South Africa 8,587 6,645 29.2% 5,288 25.7%
Egypt 7,882 7,736 1.9% 8,127 -4.8%
Other Africa 3,791 3,561 6.5% 2,669 33.4%
AMERICA 65,026 51,126 27.2% 34,340 48.9%
United States 47,513 37,421 27.0% 25,388 47.4%
Canada 11,512 10,049 14.6% 6,088 65.1%
Other America 5,997 3,655 64.1% 2,864 27.6%
ASIA 438,156 372,776 17.5% 388,736 -4.1%
Kuwait 3,922 2,840 38.1% 2,139 32.8%
Bahrain 1,699 2,207 -23.0% 2,699 -18.2%
United Arab Emirates 21,353 21,136 1.0% 20,351 3.9%
Saudi Arabia 4,113 4,016 2.4% 4,392 -8.6%
Qatar 5,403 4,283 26.1% 5,829 -26.5%
Jordan 18,275 15,250 19.8% 8,585 77.6%
Iran 1,858 3,640 -49.0% 5,328 -31.7%
Israel 293,746 232,561 26.3% 261,966 -11.2%
Lebanon 58,796 62,255 -5.6% 58,273 6.8%
China (incl. Hong Kong) 6,309 5,032 25.4% 3,298 52.6%
Other Asia 22,681 19,553 16.0% 15,873 23.2%
OCEANIA 23,170 23,702 -2.2% 16,004 48.1%
Australia 21,215 22,197 -4.4% 14,655 51.5%
Other Oceania 1,956 1,506 29.9% 1,348 11.7%
NOT STATED 98 80 22.5% 168 -52.4%
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