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Positive messages for tourism, despite slowdown due to coronavirus
March 6, 2020
Cyprus’ tourism sector is experiencing a slowdown due to the coronavirus developments, Tourism Deputy Minister Savvas Perdios has told CNA, noting however that during his visit in Berlin this week he has received positive messages as regards the summer season, since no airline or tour operator has cancelled any of its scheduled flights or holiday packages based on developments so far.
Replying to CNA questions, Perdios, who is still in the German capital, said that the Deputy Ministry’s goal is for tourist arrivals in 2020 to remain in similar levels with those of last year, stressing that “we will work hard” to achieve this. At the same time, he warned that it is important during this “sensitive period” to “maintain our levelheadedness” and to continue to work hard, to follow all hygiene and precautionary rules in place in the hotel and restaurant sectors, in the entire tourist sector both as regards staff and visitors.