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CYP

Cyprus

Europe & Central Asia

Cyprus is a tourism destination in Europe & Central Asia. This dashboard presents the best available tourism indicators and historical arrivals data from official sources.

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International Tourist Arrivals

4M

Latest verified value · 2024

International Tourism Receipts

$3.9B

Latest verified value · 2024

Tourist Nights

18.7M

Latest verified value · 2025

TCTI Destination Profile

Growing tourism destination

Cyprus has experienced rapid long-term tourism growth, while tourism demand is distributed relatively evenly throughout the year. This profile is calculated from the best available annual and monthly tourism records currently held by TCTI.

Executive tourism profile for Cyprus

Profile confidence

100

/ 100

Confidence reflects the intelligence modules currently supported by compatible source data.

Growth profile

Rapid growth

Seasonality profile

Low seasonality

What this means

  • Rapid visitor growth may increase demand for accommodation, transport, infrastructure, and destination management.
  • A relatively even annual distribution may support more consistent employment and infrastructure use.

The destination profile combines TCTI's available growth and seasonality intelligence. Confidence reflects whether both compatible annual-arrivals and monthly-tourist-night datasets are available.

Tourism Intelligence

Executive summary

A concise interpretation of the strongest official tourism records currently available for Cyprus.

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Europe & Central Asia
High income

Cyprus is a tourism destination in Europe & Central Asia. This dashboard presents the best available tourism indicators and historical arrivals data from official sources.

International tourist arrivals were 4M in 2024. International tourism receipts were $3.9B in 2024. Recorded tourist nights reached 18.7M in 2025. Residents took 3.4M in 2024 overnight tourism trips.

The figures shown here are drawn from UN Tourism and Eurostat. Reporting years may differ between indicators because TCTI displays the strongest verified or published value currently available for each measure.

Derived Intelligence

Tourism Seasonality

How international tourist nights were distributed throughout 2025 in Cyprus.

TCTI Insight

Relatively balanced

Confidence

95%

Cyprus's international tourist nights were most concentrated in August, which accounted for 14.9% of the annual total. The three busiest months—July, August, September—accounted for 42.7% of annual international tourist nights.

Peak month

August

14.9% of annual international nights

Quietest month

January

1.6% of annual international nights

Top three months

42.7%

July, August, September

Summer share

41.3%

Share occurring during June, July, and August

Winter share

5.8%

Share occurring during December, January, and February

Monthly distribution

International tourist nights by month

Annual total 17.3M

Jan

1.6%

272.1K

Feb

1.8%

318K

Mar

3.4%

582.8K

Apr

6.9%

1.2M

May

11.1%

1.9M

Jun

12.2%

2.1M

Jul

14.1%

2.4M

Aug

14.9%

2.6M

Sep

13.7%

2.4M

Oct

13.3%

2.3M

Nov

4.6%

799.7K

Dec

2.4%

419.2K

What this means

  • Higher seasonal concentration can increase pressure on infrastructure, accommodation, and local services during peak periods.
  • Quieter and shoulder months may offer opportunities to distribute visitor demand more evenly throughout the year.

Seasonality is calculated from a complete set of 12 monthly international tourist-night observations. The seasonality score uses a normalized concentration index, where 0 represents an even monthly distribution and 100 represents complete concentration in one month.

Derived Intelligence

Tourism growth

How international tourist arrivals changed between 1995 and 2024.

TCTI Growth Insight

Rapid growth

Confidence

95%

Cyprus's international tourist arrivals increased by 79.3% between 1995 and 2024. This is equivalent to an average annual growth rate of +2%. The sharpest annual decline was 84.7% in 2020.

Total growth

+79.3%

1995 to 2024

Average annual growth

+2%

Compound annual growth rate

Starting arrivals

2.3M

Reported in 1995

Latest arrivals

4M

Reported in 2024

Largest annual increase

+206.7%

Change recorded in 2021

Largest annual decline

-84.7%

Change recorded in 2020

What this means

  • Long-term growth trends can indicate changes in destination popularity.
  • Growth should be interpreted alongside seasonality, visitor spending, and tourism dependence.

Growth is calculated using the earliest and latest available international arrivals data held by TCTI. Results may reflect gaps or methodological changes in the underlying series.

Key Tourism Indicators

Tourism performance at a glance

Verified tourism indicators currently available for Cyprus. Reporting years may differ by dataset.

2024

International Tourist Arrivals

4M

UN Tourism · 2024

International Tourist Arrivals

VerifiedCurrent
2024

International Tourism Receipts

$3.9B

UN Tourism · 2024

International Tourism Receipts

VerifiedCurrent
2025

Tourist Nights

18.7M

Eurostat · 2025

Tourist Nights at Accommodation Establishments

VerifiedCurrent
2024

Resident Tourism Trips

3.4M

Eurostat · 2024

Resident Tourism Trips

VerifiedCurrent

Rankings & Comparisons

How Cyprus compares

Positions use each country's best currently available official record. Years can differ, so use these as directional benchmarks rather than synchronized league tables.

Data Availability

67% dashboard coverage

4 of 6 dashboard indicators currently have usable official data for Cyprus.

4 current0 reporting lag0 historical

Available

  • ✓International Tourist Arrivals · 2024 · Current
  • ✓International Tourism Receipts · 2024 · Current
  • ✓Tourist Nights · 2025 · Current
  • ✓Resident Tourism Trips · 2024 · Current

Not Yet Available

  • ○Tourism Direct Share of GDP
  • ○Tourism Employment Share

Official Sources

Data sources used for Cyprus

These organizations and datasets provide the indicators currently displayed on this country dashboard.

✓

Eurostat

Latest displayed year: 2025

Official

Indicators

  • • Tourist Nights
  • • Resident Tourism Trips

Datasets

  • Tourist Nights at Accommodation Establishments
  • Resident Tourism Trips
✓

UN Tourism

Latest displayed year: 2024

Official

Indicators

  • • International Tourist Arrivals
  • • International Tourism Receipts

Datasets

  • International Tourist Arrivals
  • International Tourism Receipts
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Historical Trend

International arrivals over time

Annual international tourist arrivals reported for Cyprus. Values are shown in millions.

Source: UN TourismYears: 1995–2024Annual data

Dataset: International Tourist Arrivals

About the Data

Best available official data

TCTI evaluates available tourism records by reporting status, year, source priority, official-source status, and publication history. The dashboard displays the strongest available record while preserving historical observations and alternative sources in the database.