Tourist arrivals fall in June, and in the first six months

17-7-2019 Cyprus Mail CyprusMail Warmer

Tourist arrivals fall in June, and in the first...

Tourist arrivals fell to 509,662 in June 2019 compared with 511,073 in the same month of 2018, a decrease of 0.3 per cent, according to the passengers survey published on Wednesday by the statistical service.

Between January and June 2019 arrivals dropped to 1.63m from 1.64m in the corresponding period of 2018, a decrease of 0.9 per cent, said Cystat.

The survey showed that tourist arrivals from Russia decreased by 5.1 per cent in June 2019 compared with June 2018, whereas the number of tourists from Sweden decreased by 12.5 per cent.

Arrivals from the United Kingdom remained at the same...

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Tourist arrivals fall in June, and in the first six months

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