On the basis of the results of the Cyprus Passengers Survey, arrivals of tourists reached 105,592 in February of this year, remaining constant compared to February 2019, when they reached 105,571.

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InvestCyprus, the island’s organization responsible for attracting foreign direct investment, announced the creation of a dedicated unit in a bid to facilitate efforts to achieve Cyprus’ National Tourist Strategy for 2030, which aims at attracting five million tourists by 2030.

On the basis of the results of the Cyprus Passengers Survey, arrivals of tourists reached 85,622 in January compared to 81,970 in January 2019, recording an increase of 4,5 percent.

The arrivals of travellers in November 2019 reached 309,952 compared to 261,765 in November 2018, recording an increase of 18,4 percent.

In 2019, the number of nights spent in tourist accommodation in the European Union (EU) had reached more than 3,2 billion, up by 2,4 percent compared with 2018.

Since 2009, there has been a steady increase in the number of nights spent in tourist accommodation establishments in the EU, notably driven by a rise in nights spent by non-residents of the country visited.

In 2019, Spain (469 million nights, +0,5 percents compared with 2018) retained its lead, ahead of France (446 million,
+0,8 percent), Germany (436 million, +4 percent), Italy (433 million, +0,9 percent) and the UUK (375 million, +5,7 percent).

These early estimates, which include nights spent whether for business or leisure, come from an article issued by Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union.

The number of nights spent in tourist accommodation in 2019 grew in nearly all member states, with the largest increases being observed in Slovakia (+12,6 percent) and Lithuania (+10,0 percent), followed by the Netherlands (+6,8 percent), the UK (+5,7 percent) and Romania (+5,6 percent).

In contrast, the only decreases were registered in Greece (-3 percent) and Malta (-2,7 percent).

In the EU, the number of nights spent in tourist accommodation by residents grew at the same pace (+2,4 percent) between 2018 and 2019 as those spent by non-residents (+2,4 percent).

Almost every EU member state recorded an increase in the number of tourism nights spent by residents, with the highest increases recorded in Slovakia (+15,1 percent), Cyprus (+13 percent), Croatia (+10,0 percent), Lithuania (+9,9 percent) and Malta (+9,2 percent).