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Tourist arrivals up 97 in April Cystat says
May 18, 2018
By Stelios Orphanides
Tourist arrivals rose 9.7 per cent in April, to 314,143, compared to a year before on a strong performance of a number of secondary markets, the statistical service said.
Arrivals from the UK, from which Cyprus traditionally attracts the bulk of incoming tourist flow, rose an annual 4.1 per cent last month, to 110,689, while those from Russia, the second most important source of tourism, rose 4.3 per cent, to 49,040, Cystat said in a statement on its website on Thursday. Arrivals from Greece rose 25 per cent, to 20,347, while those from Germany and Israel fell 18 per cent, to 19,728, and 21 per cent, to 16,951, respectively.