Savvas Perdios, deputy minister for tourism, Cyprus, said that this year is a difficult year for tourism, but emphasised that there is no need for panic.

According to Eurostat, more than half of Cypriots could not afford a one-week annual holiday away from home in 2018.

Savvas Perdios , deputy minister of tourism, Cyprus, has had meetings in Lebanon and Jordan and will also visit Greece, Egypt and Israel aiming to reach an agreement on the creation of common tourism packages.

In the context of the meetings, Perdios submitted specific proposals aiming to reach agreement for common thematic routes.

For another year, Orthodoxou Aviation, in cooperation with Blue Air and People of the World Travel Group, a travel agent in Thessaloniki, organised a familiarisation trip (FAM Trip) with partners from 10 tourist offices in Cyprus, who had the opportunity to experience some of the tourist facilities of magnificent Thessaloniki.

Another award was added to the collection for the budgetfly.com online platform by Orthodoxou Travel. This time for the mobile application that guarantees the lowest airfare to travellers, which was awarded to them at the Cyprus Tourism Awards 2019 this May.

According to the annual Holiday Costs Barometer from Post Office Travel Money in the UK, prices have fallen in most of the 20 destinations surveyed and by over 10 percent in Limassol, the Algarve, Majorca and Sunny Beach, Bulgaria.