June arrivals up 14% hitting new record amid slowdown from UK, Russia

17-7-2017 Cyprus Mail CyprusMail Cool

June arrivals up 14% hitting new record amid...

The number of tourist arrivals rose last month 14 per cent to 472,450, the highest ever recorded in June, compared to the respective month of 2016, among saturation signs from the UK and Russia, the two major sources of incoming tourism, the statistical service said.

The increase in June was mainly on a rise in arrivals from all countries excluding the UK and Russia, which rose an annual 58 per cent to 209,369, Cystat said in a statement on its website on Monday. Arrivals from the UK, traditionally the main source of incoming tourism, rose 1.2 per cent to 150,532 while those from Russia...

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