Tourists arrivals in Cyprus marked an increase of 43% in April 2011.

According to figures released by the Statistical Service of the Republic of Cyprus, on the basis of the results of the Passengers Survey, arrivals of tourists reached 199.762 in April 2011 compared to 139.658 in April 2010, recording an increase of 43%.

An increase of 29,1% was recorded in tourist arrivals from the United Kingdom (from 62.742 in April 2010 to 80.998 in April 2011), 74,0% increase from Russia (from 10.910 to 18.987) and 30,8% increase from Germany (from 13.724 to 17.956 this year).

For the period January – April 2011 arrivals of tourists totaled 405.463 compared to 344.664 in the corresponding period of 2010, recording an increase of 17,6%.