CyStat said today that tourist arrivals in August rose by an annual 3.6% to a total of 553,845. This is a new all time record for the month.  Tourist arrivals in August last year were 534,847.

For the period of January to August 2019 arrivals of tourists totalled 2.735.839 compared to 2.719.622 in the corresponding period of 2018. An increase therefore of 0.6% and outnumbering the total arrivals ever recorded in Cyprus for the first 8 months of the year.