An online conference on “The challenges facing the restart of Cyprus Tourism”,  acknowledged that tourism for summer 2021 will continue to be difficult but summer 2022 will offer more hope. However, participants called for seamless procedures and more cost-efficient testing done to passengers arriving on the island, according to CNA.
 
Addressing the virtual conference organized by CYHMA, Dr. Christos Angelides, president of the Cyprus Hotels Managers Association referred to the consequences of the global pandemic to the tourism sector. For Cyprus, he said, the damages are just surfacing. Despite all this, we should not let problems to become a stop sign but an indicator of a new pathway, he said, noting “we need to rebuild our hopes on a new foundation of optimism. Cyprus is ready to face the challenges”.