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Cyprus Airports Achieve Third-Highest Passenger Growth in Europe for H1 2025
Cyprus has emerged as one of Europe’s top-performing countries in air travel for the first half of 2025, as the island's airports recorded the third-highest performance in terms of passenger number growth, according to the latest report from ACI...

Cyprus Airports Achieve Third-Highest Passenger Growth in Europe for H1 2025
Cyprus has emerged as one of Europe’s top-performing countries in air travel for the first half of 2025, as the island's airports recorded the third-highest performance in terms of passenger number growth, according to the latest report from ACI...

Cyprus Business Now: tourism, BoC, Keve, business registrations and bankruptcies
Tourist arrivals in Cyprus rose by 6.9 per cent in July, with well over half a million visitors being recorded, according to figures released on Tuesday by the state statistical service. Specifically, a total of 589,116 tourists visited the island...

Travel: North Stars
A golf writer travels the length of New Zealand’s North Island in a journey more than 20 years in the making. For Australians, one of New Zealand’s best attributes is the twin sensations of familiarity and mystery the country evokes. Normally a...

Cars belonging to Jewish tourists from Britain are covered in 'Free Palestine' graffiti in Alpine town
Cars belonging to Jewish tourists were daubed with 'Free Palestine' graffiti in a French Alpine town. The incident occurred in the village of Châtel in the northern part of the French Alps, near the Swiss border. Some nine vehicles belonging to a...

Bold Cypress Photo Displayed Beneath Basin Bridge
(St. Martinville, Louisiana) - Artists will, at times, go to extraordinary lengths to get that perfect shot. Frank Relle is one of those artists. Relle is a photographer from New Orleans. His work has caught the attention of not only art lovers...

Your Travel Guide To Chios In Greece: What You Can Do And See
(MENAFN- Khaleej Times) Athens flaunts its splendour while the popular islands of Mykonos and Santorini exude a sun-burnt balminess, seeming to spring from a land that's warm and abundant. However, when our boutique luxury ship nosed into the port...

Destinations Where Tourists Outnumber Locals
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Albania tops Europe in flight growth as tourism booms
TIRANA, Aug 21 – Commercial flights in Albania jumped 151.7% in July compared to pre-pandemic levels, the highest rise in Europe, according to EU statistics agency Eurostat. The surge reflects a tourism boom that has made Albania one of the...

How these popular holiday destinations could be harmful to your eyesight, according to experts
With the summer holidays slowly drawing to a close, many holidaymakers are jetting off to Spain, Greece and other European hotspots for a final dose of sweltering heat and sunny spells. However, sun-worshippers are being warned of serious eye...

Estonia’s remote islands may be Europe’s best-kept travel secret. Here’s why
On a crisp morning in late June 2021, Meelis Kitsing, and her then eight-year-old daughter cycled along a sandy path on Ruhnu, one of Estonia’s most remote islands. As they reach the shore, with the sea a sheet of shimmering silver, her daughter...

Wildfires dent Paphos tourism but ‘Cypriots save the day’
Paphos hoteliers battle fires, heat and fading bookings Hotel bookings in Paphos have slowed sharply as recent wildfires have unsettled travellers, according to Evripides Loizides, president of the Paphos hoteliers association. Speaking to the...

Digital nomads inject €10m annually into Cyprus economy
Cyprus grants over 500 digital nomad visas in four years Cyprus issued more than 500 Digital Nomad Visas in the past four years, as the government seeks to reposition the island as a hub for remote workers and part of its broader strategy to...

Cyprus steps up security and preparations as EuroBasket 2025 approaches
Cyprus is finalising preparations for FIBA EuroBasket 2025, with organisers stressing that safety will be paramount as thousands of fans, teams and international delegations arrive in Limassol between August 28 and September 4. The Spyros...

Cyprus tourism looks to extend summer season into November, hoteliers say
Cyprus’ tourism sector is performing strongly this season, according to Cyprus Hoteliers Association (Pasyxe) director general Christos Angelides. Speaking to business outlet Economy Today, Angelides said the steady rise in arrivals is creating...

Cypriot aid bound for Gaza arrives in Ashdod
An aid ship carrying 1,200 tonnes of humanitarian aid from Cyprus bound for Gaza has arrived at the Israeli port of Ashdod, foreign ministry spokesman Theodoros Gotsis said on Wednesday. Speaking to the Cyprus Mail, he confirmed that the ship...

Austrian Chancellor Stocker in Cyprus for ‘extensive talks’
Austrian Chancellor Christian Stocker arrives in Cyprus on Thursday for “extensive talks” with President Nikos Christodoulides. Government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis said on Wednesday that Stocker will arrive on the island on Thursday...

EasyJet holiday 'ruined' by cockroaches as family of four forced to contend with insect infestation
A Warwickshire family have been left fuming after their summer holiday was ruined by an insect infestation. Stephen Wheeldon, 49, forked out more than £2,400 to take his wife and two daughters on an EasyJet holiday for seven nights at the Basilica...

Tourism in Western Crete | Research: Same expenses as in 2024, businesses “cannot cope”
The average spending of tourists in Western Crete in the main expense categories remained at the same levels as in 2024 during this summer (up until the end of July), according to the annual survey on the profile of tourists in the region, which...

Tourism ministry to participate in 52 trade shows in 2025
The deputy ministry of tourism will promote the island’s industry at a total of 52 international tourism exhibitions in 2025, eight more than the previous year, it said on Tuesday. “The primary objective of the presence at the exhibitions was (…)...