The Cyprus Shipping Deputy Ministry has announced that, based on the outcome of the US Government’s 2019 Annual Report on Port State Control; Cyprus is no longer part of the Targeted Flag List of the United States Coastguard (USCG) in relation to the safety performance of flag administrations.

Cyprus Airways and Petrolina support the Cypriot government's efforts to repatriate Cypriots on a flight from London.

Dear friends,

Due to the global pandemic crisis, we have taken the difficult, but necessary decision to temporarily suspend activities in our project ‘Keep our Sand and Sea Plastic Free’ (an initiative of Tui Care Foundation in cooperation with the Travel Foundation and CSTI) until such a time as the tourism industry shows signs of recovery.

We remain fully committed to the project, to our delivery partners and participants, and continue to work from our office on desktop activities, where we hold virtual meetings with project partners and beneficiaries as appropriate.

It is because we want the very best outcomes for everyone that we have made this decision and we thank you for your understanding and continued support.

We will resume activities as soon as possible and the duration of our project will be extended to account for lost time. Where possible, we will adapt our activities to reflect the new situation that we find ourselves operating within, and to help with a speedy recovery. In this way, we are confident that we can have an even bigger impact.

In the meantime, the Cyprus Sustainable Tourism Initiative (CSTI) will continue to work with the tourism industry to advocate for a better, more resilient and equitable tourism economy.

Stay Safe!
Better Days are Coming!

Best Regards,

Philippos Drousiotis
Chairman

On April 01, MSC Shipmanagement donated 106,000 surgical masks and 100,000 gloves to the Cyprus Government, to assist in the fight against the coronavirus disease outbreak.

Every plan for the tourism and hotel sector for the year is placed on hold due to the global crisis caused by the pandemic of coronavirus Covid-19.

Aegean Airlines flight had landed at Larnaka International Airport from Athens on April 06. The airline was carrying Cypriot citizens back home, from Athens.

The Hermes Airport team is working hard in close cooperation with the local authorities to enable the Cypriot citizens to return during COVID-19 outbreak.

Hermes Airports thanked Aegean Airlines once again for supporting Cyprus by offering the repatriation flight.

An Aegean flight from China had touched down in Larnaca on April 04.

On the basis of the results of the Cyprus Passengers Survey, 121,354 residents of Cyprus returned from a trip abroad in February compared to 102,756 in the corresponding month in 2019, recording an increase of 18,1 percent.

In February there was an increase of 18,7 percent in the trips of residents to Greece (39.,061 in February compared to 32,910 in February 2019) and 11,1 percent increase to the UK (18,389 compared to 16,553 in 2019).