Revenue from Tourism: March 2025
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Revenue from Tourism 14,5%
Based on the results of the Passengers Survey carried out by the Statistical Service, revenue from tourism reached 129,4 mn euros in March 2025, recording an increase of 14,5% as compared to the corresponding month of the previous year (113,0 mn euros).
For the period of January – March 2025, revenue from tourism is estimated at 278,3 mn euros compared to 223,3 mn euros in the corresponding period of 2024, recording an increase of 24,6%.
Expenditure Analysis
The average expenditure per person was 644,65 euros in March 2025 compared to 558,88 euros in March 2024, recording an increase of 15,3%.
Tourists from the United Kingdom (the largest tourist market with 30,7% of the total tourists in March 2025) spent on average 78,87 euros per day, while tourists from Israel (the second largest market during the specific month with 14,1% of the total tourists) spent on average 194,69 euros. Tourists from Poland (the third largest market with 9,9%) spent on average 76,07 euros per day.
Detailed statistics on the average expenditure of tourists per person and per day by country of usual residence are presented in the following table.
| Table | ||||||||
| Country of Usual Residence | March 2024 | March 2025 | ||||||
| Tourist Arrivals | Average Length of Stay | Expenditure (€) | Tourist Arrivals | Average Length of Stay | Expenditure (€) | |||
| Per Person | Per Day | Per Person | Per Day | |||||
| TOTAL | 202.256 | 7,4 | 558,88 | 75,52 | 200.736 | 7,2 | 644,65 | 89,53 |
| Austria | 2.766 | 6,0 | 551,53 | 91,92 | 2.841 | 5,6 | 645,50 | 115,27 |
| Belgium | 953 | u | u | u | 882 | u | u | u |
| France | 3.923 | 6,4 | 468,68 | 73,23 | 3.367 | 6,4 | 664,06 | 103,76 |
| Germany | 19.732 | 7,9 | 779,45 | 98,66 | 16.084 | 8,3 | 810,59 | 97,66 |
| Denmark | 1.297 | u | u | u | 743 | u | u | u |
| Switzerland | 2.468 | u | u | u | 2.354 | u | u | u |
| Greece | 18.361 | 9,8 | 424,99 | 43,37 | 13.053 | 5,5 | 380,99 | 69,27 |
| United States | 2.333 | u | u | u | 2.419 | u | u | u |
| United Kingdom | 64.414 | 8,3 | 609,97 | 73,49 | 61.545 | 8,8 | 694,08 | 78,87 |
| Israel | 16.620 | 4,0 | 572,82 | 143,21 | 28.353 | 3,4 | 661,94 | 194,69 |
| Italy | 2.620 | 6,1 | 414,73 | 67,99 | 1.987 | 5,8 | 485,16 | 83,65 |
| Lebanon | 2.101 | u | u | u | 2.042 | 6,3 | 975,94 | 154,91 |
| Norway | 2.421 | u | u | u | 1.321 | u | u | u |
| Netherlands | 1.738 | 8,8 | 722,78 | 82,13 | 2.780 | 7,3 | 631,79 | 86,55 |
| Poland | 21.054 | 5,1 | 386,87 | 75,86 | 19.827 | 5,7 | 433,59 | 76,07 |
| Sweden | 1.274 | u | u | u | 3.449 | u | u | U |
| u: Data with low reliability. | ||||||||
Methodological Information
Definitions
Tourists: Visitors who stay for at least one night in Cyprus.
Tourist arrivals: The term refers to the number of trips and not to the number of persons. This differs in the sense that one person can take more than one trips during the reference period.
Revenue from Tourism: It refers to the revenue from tourists during their visit in Cyprus.
Source of Data and Coverage
The data on the expenditure of tourists is obtained from the Passengers Survey which is carried out at the points of departure in Larnaka and Pafos airports. The data is collected through personal interviews with the use of an electronic questionnaire (CAPI method – Computer Assisted Personal Interviewing).
The data covers all persons in the Government controlled area of Cyprus. It does not include travellers who arrive and depart illegally via ports and airports in the occupied part of Cyprus.
For more information, visit the CYSTAT Portal, subtheme Tourism, CYSTAT-DB (Online Database), Predefined Tables (Excel), Methodological Information or contact Ms Lucy Panayidou at 22602152 or via email: lpanagidou@cystat.mof.gov.cy.
The Predefined Tables, available in Excel format, include data up to December 2024. As of January 2025, data will only be available in the Online Database CYSTAT-DB.
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