Tourist Arrivals

Cyprus arrivals of tourists reached 581.880 in August of this year compared to 602.026 in August 2025, recording a decrease of 3,3 percent.

For the period of January – August of this current year, arrivals of tourists totalled 2.820.649 compared to 3.034.155 in the corresponding period of 2025, recording a decrease of 7 percent.

Arrivals from the UK were the main source of tourism for this August, with a share of 30,5 percent (177.603) of total arrivals, followed by Israel with 23,3 percent (135.628), Poland with 6,3 percent (36.622), Germany with 4,4 percent (25.823) and Sweden with 3 percent (17.441).     

For this August, 84,5 percent of tourists travelled for holidays, 13 percent visited friends and relatives and 2,4 percent travelled for business purposes. Respectively, in August 2025, 86,5 percent of tourists visited Cyprus for holidays, 11,4 percent visited friends or relatives and 2,1 percent visited Cyprus for business purposes.

Returns of Residents of Cyprus

A total of 239.337 residents of Cyprus returned from a trip abroad in August of this year, compared to 238.740 in the corresponding month in 2025, recording an increase of 0,3 percent. The main countries from which residents of Cyprus returned this August were Greece with a share of 36,6 percent (87.684), the UK with 6,9 percent (16.448), Italy with 4,6 percent (11.054), Poland with 4,3 percent (10.408) and Russia with 4,2 percent (10.021).

The purpose of travel for the residents of Cyprus in August of this year was mainly holidays, with a percentage of 93,1 percent, whilst business reasons held a percentage of 5,9 percent, studies 0,8 percent and other reasons 0,2 percent.

Cyprus tourist arrivals reached 202.256 in March of this year compared to 184.263 in March 2023, recording an increase of 9,8 percent. For the period of January – March, arrivals of tourists totalled 415.251 compared to 393.893 in the corresponding period of 2023, recording an increase of 5,4 percent.

The arrivals of tourists reached 289,335 in April of this year, compared to 38,226 arrivals that were recorded in April 2021.

On the basis of the results of the Cyprus Passengers Survey, arrivals of tourists reached 550,971 in July compared to 539,626 in July 2018, recording an increase of 2,1 percent.

The Passengers Survey, the Statistical Service of Cyprus announced on December 17 that tourist arrivals reached 158,685, a 9,7 percent increase from the 144,676 arrivals in 2017.