COVID19: Tourism on life support for six more months

21-1-2021 Financial Mirror FinancialMirror Red Hot

COVID19: Tourism on life support for six more...

Hoteliers are exasperated as they do not expect to see serious tourist arrivals to Cyprus until the summer while hoping that mass vaccinations will help them turn a corner.

Cyprus Hotel Association’s Paphos Chair Thanos Michaelides said the second wave of COVID-19 infections crippling Europe has forced all major tour operators to freeze any plans they were making for the summer.

“This means, the tourism industry will not get a reboot any time before the summer,” Michaelides told Philenews on Thursday.

“We have to face the reality that in...

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COVID19: Tourism on life support for six more months

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