A total of 62 countries will be represented on the exhibition floor this year at the Arabian Travel Market (ATM) 2021, which takes place in-person at the Dubai World Trade Centre (DWTC) on May 16-19.

Issues affecting Larnaca’s tourism and business development were discussed in a meeting on April 06, between the minister of transport, communication and works, Yiannis Karousos, and the presidents of the Larnaka Tourism Board (LTB) and the Larnaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) - Dinos Lefkaritis and Stavros Stavrou respectively, along with the president of Voroklini Community Council, Neophytos Fakontis.

The commissioner for volunteerism and non-governmental organisations, Yiannis Yiannaki, after the invitation of the United Nations Volunteer Programme, took part in the online dialogue on ‘Restoring the 21st Century: Human Development, Volunteering and the New Social Contract’ that was held on March 23. 

2020 was the year of staycations and learning to love the nature that’s around you – The New York Times recently reported a surge of European nature lovers visiting protected areas for the first time. But which country does the best job at protecting their natural sites?

The Cyprus council of ministers, following a proposal by the Deputy Ministry of Tourism, approved a grant plan to encourage quality and aesthetic upgrade projects of beaches.

An agreement was recently signed between the Department of Engineering of the University of Nicosia (UNIC) and the Cyprus Geological Survey Department (GSD), committing both parties to closer collaboration in the broad area of Geo-Scientific research.