Germany and Greece round out the top five key markets for Cypriot tourism, which continues to break records, as April saw tourist arrivals exceed 400,000 for the first time.
The notable increase in tourist inflow in April and the first four months of the year is largely attributed to consistent contributors such as British, Israeli, and Polish tourists.
According to an announcement by the Statistical Service, tourist arrivals last month, boosted also by the Catholic Easter period, surpassed the 400,000 mark for April for the first time, recording a 25.5% rise compared to April last year.
Specifically, tourist arrivals in April 2025 reached 418,730, compared to 333,563 in April 2024. Data shows that nearly 60% of all arrivals that month came from the United Kingdom, Israel, and Poland—although Poland ranked fourth overall, just behind Germany, which saw significant annual growth. Greece followed in fifth place.
More specifically, arrivals from the United Kingdom were the largest source of tourism in April 2025, accounting for 36.3% (151,883) of total arrivals. Israel followed with 15.2% (63,474), Germany with 7.1% (29,613), Poland with 6.9% (29,009), and Greece with 3.9% (16,354).
All five markets showed growth in April, with Israel recording the most impressive annual increase at 78%. Arrivals from the UK grew by 28.8%, from Poland by 15%, from Germany by 31.6%, and from Greece by 25.3%.
The strong performance of these key markets—particularly the UK, Israel, and Poland—also boosted results for the first four months of the year, reinforcing expectations for another successful tourism season following last year’s record of over 4 million visitors.
For the period January–April 2025, tourist arrivals reached 865,326 compared to 748,814 in the same period of 2024, marking a 15.6% increase.
During this period, arrivals from the UK rose by 15.6% to 265,244 (from 229,411), from Israel to 134,725 (from 74,731, +80%), from Poland to 84,792 (from 78,873, +7.5%), and from Germany to 57,904 (from 52,553, +10%). However, arrivals from Greece decreased by 5.4%, totalling 51,673 compared to 54,636. Together, arrivals from the UK, Israel, and Poland accounted for 56% of total arrivals between January and April 2025.
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Source: Economy Today
