Cyprus’s tourism revenue jumped 22 percent to €138.7 million in November 2024 compared to €113.7 million in the same month last year, the Mediterranean island’s Statistical Service reported on Wednesday.
The significant increase in revenue was accompanied by an 8.2 percent rise in average tourist spending, reaching €771.02 per person compared to €712.63 in November 2023.
For the first eleven months of 2024, tourism revenue reached €3.122 billion, marking a 7.1 percent increase from the €2.916 billion recorded in the corresponding period of 2023.
British tourists, representing the largest market share at 25.9 percent of total visitors in November, spent an average of €80.58 per day. Polish visitors, the second-largest group with 11.3 percent of total tourists, averaged €88.80 in daily spending, while Israeli tourists, comprising 10.5 percent of visitors, recorded the highest daily expenditure at €139.80.
The data, collected through the Passengers Survey at Larnaca and Paphos airports, covers all visitors to government-controlled areas of Cyprus, excluding travellers arriving through ports and airports in the occupied territory.
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