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.

Tourist Arrivals

The arrivals of tourists reached 489.965 in June of this year compared to 498.527 in June 2025, recording a decrease of 1,7 percent. For the period of January – June of the current year, arrivals of tourists totalled 1.656.015 compared to 1.843.013 in the corresponding period of 2025, recording a decrease of 10,1 percent.

The arrivals of tourists reached 455.680 in May of this year compared to 479.160 in May 2025, recording a decrease of 4,9 percent. For the period of January – May of the current year, arrivals of tourists totalled 1.166.050 compared to 1.344.486 in the corresponding period of 2025, recording a decrease of 13,3 percent.

The arrivals of tourists to Cyprus reached 487.350 in September of this year compared to 413.382 in September 2022, recording an increase of 17,9 percent. For the period of January – September, arrivals of tourists totalled 3.136.145 compared to 2.540.554 in the corresponding period of 2022, recording an increase of 23,4 percent.

Cyprus arrivals of tourists reached 420.076 in May of this year compared to 315.018 in May 2022, recording an increase of 33,3 percent. For the period of January – May of the current year, arrivals of tourists totalled 1.156.705 compared to 849.058 in the corresponding period of 2022, recording an increase of 36,2 percent.

Cyprus arrivals of tourists reached 184.263 in March of this year, compared to 128.840 in March 2022, recording an increase of 43 percent. For the period of January – March, arrivals of tourists totalled 393.893 compared to 244.705 in the corresponding period of 2022, recording an increase of 61 percent.

On the basis of the results of the passenger survey carried out by the Statistical Service, revenue from tourism in Cyprus reached EUR292,7 million in June of this year compared to EUR135,8 million in June 2021, recording an increase of 115,5 percent. 

Cyprus arrivals of tourists reached 297,308 in July of this year, recording an increase of 358 percent compared to July 2020 (during which 64,914 arrivals were recorded), and a decrease of 46 percent compared to July 2019 (with 550,971 arrivals).

The arrivals of tourists to Cyprus reached 104,261 in August of this year compared to 553,845 in August 2019, recording a decrease of 81,2 percent.

On the basis of the results of the Cyprus Passenger Survey carried out by the statistical service, revenue from tourism in June of this year reached EUR6,7 million compared to EUR350,4 million in the corresponding month of the previous year, recording a decrease of 98,1 percent.