The Leptos Group announced the award of the construction works of the first phase of the residential works of the prestigious Limassol Blu Marine Development in Limassol, to a consortium between Iacovou Brothers (Constructions) Ltd and Zemco Construction Ltd.

The Department of Antiquities, Ministry of Transport, Communications and Works Cyprus announced that the underwater works and digital mapping of the ancient port of Amathous was completed under the framework of the European cross-border programme with the acronym ‘ANDIKAT’.

Melco Cyprus, operator of Cyprus Casinos (C2) and the upcoming integrated resort (IR) City of Dreams Mediterranean, organised an underwater clean-up of Ayia Napa Harbour on June 12.

Kayak, one of the world’s leading travel search engines, has recently unveiled its ultimate ranking of the best island holiday destinations in Europe, with Crete, Greece, topping the list and Cyprus taking the third spot.

On the basis of the results of the Cyprus Passenger Survey carried out by the Statistical Service, revenue from tourism in Cyprus in May of this year reached EUR76,7 million compared to zero revenue from tourism recorded in May 2020, a period during which measures were implemented to prevent the spread of the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) in Cyprus.

Work has been successfully completed on the new, unique of its kind, museum of Ayia Napa, MUSAN. The underwater museum, by Jason deCaires Taylor, opened July 31.

Ayia Napa Marina has entered the pilot phase of operations, having officially opened its Commercial Village to the public in July.

According to Savvas Perdios, deputy minister of tourism, Cyprus, a first-time ever Christmas village will be created this coming winter.

The Cyprus Shipping Deputy Ministry has announced that the Cyprus Maritime Award will be given on October 10 of this year, during the opening ceremony of the Maritime Cyprus 2021 Conference.

Tourist Arrivals A total of 184,159 tourist arrivals were recorded in June of this year, compared to 9,119 in June 2020, a period during which measures were implemented to prevent the spread of the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) in Cyprus.