Cyprus is not collaborating with any travel organiser offering accommodation in the occupied areas, the Deputy Minister of Tourism, Kostas Koumis, said on state radio on Wednesday.
He also stressed that no tourist packages promoting the occupied areas, where unfair competition prevails, are being encouraged.
Commenting on the reactions in the occupied north following the decision of the German organisation TUI to discontinue daily excursions to the occupied areas, Koumis clarified that there was no violation of the Green Line Regulation.
He added that every European citizen is entitled to travel to the occupied areas, and citizens of third countries can do the same under certain conditions.
Koumis expressed satisfaction with the 3.1% increase in tourist arrivals in Cyprus from January to July, despite developments in the wider region and the challenging economic situation in Europe.
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