Overnight stays in Cyprus increased by 5.5 per cent in 2024 according to Eurostat.
This lists the Republic among the four EU countries with the greatest increase in short term rentals compared to the previous year including Luxemburg with 21 per cent, Malta with 12 per cent and Latvia with 6 per cent.
Between January and October 2024, most overnight stays were recorded in July reaching a record high of 2,603,465. Despite an overall increase in stays, numbers remain below pre-pandemic levels, indicating that a full recovery of the tourism sector is yet to be expected, just as in the rest of the European Union.
The increase in overnight stays accompanies the spike in tourist arrivals, surpassing four million for the first time in 2024, beats the previous record of 3,976,777 arrivals in 2019.
Tourism minister Kostas Koumis had previously described the increase as a historic achievement, saying that the numbers officially sealed the tourism success of 2024, making it a success which belonged “to the entire tourism ecosystem of the Republic”.
As of December 2024, most arrivals originated from the United Kingdom with a share of 23.7 per cent. Israeli arrivals marked 17.4 per cent followed by Poland with 9.4, Greece with 9 and Germany with 5.7 per cent.
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