News: Travel Journal – Page 6
Prince Charles to visit Cyprus in March
The British High Commission (BHC) have announced that the Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall will undertake…
Cyprus aims to be among 30 top tourism countries by 2030
Cyprus’ goal is to be included in the top 30 World Tourism ranking, a list of countries compiled by the United Nations…
Kouris and Evretou dams overflow
The biggest and third-biggest dams, Kouris and Evretou overflowed overnight, bringing water stocks even closer to…
Cyprus Public Holidays 2020 - Dates
Here is a list of Cyprus public holiday dates for 2020: New Year's Day - Wednesday January 1st Epiphany - Monday…
Promoting tourism in Cyprus
The Cypriot deputy ministry for tourism is planning to participate in 17 exhibitions and specialised events abroad in…
1180 flamingos at Larnaca Salt Lake and counting
As of November 1180 Flamingos were counted at Larnaca Salt Lake with numbers expected to reach 10,000 as winter…
Underwater sculpture composition of supernatural size shells in Paphos
Recently enriched with a sculpture composition of supernatural size shells, Cyprus’ first Snorkelling Park in the…
Shakira buys villa at exclusive resort in Peyia
World famous Colombian pop singer Shakira has bought a top-of-the-range villa in coastal Peyia, Paphos, at a very…
Free walking tours in Paphos old town get underway
Free walking tours will once again be offered around Paphos old town and will get underway this month, according to…
President given honorary degree by Aristotle University
President Nicos Anastasiades received an honorary doctorate degree in law from the Aristotle University of…
More than 300,000 seats added to winter flight schedule
Today Hermes Airports have said that there will be an increase of more than 300,000 seats (or 9%) in this winter’s…
Summer time ends on October 27
Summer time ends at 4.00 am on Sunday October 27 and watches and clocks must be moved back one hour, the Ministry of…
Neo Chorio proposing telepherique to Baths of Aphrodite
Neo Chorio is proposing the construction of a telepherique from the Baths of Aphrodite to a hill near the village,…
Cyprian Festival of Honey and Honey Bee Products
The festival of Honey and Honey Bee Products is being held again this year. The festival is located at the Old Port in…
Celine Dion to perform in Cyprus in August 2020
Superstar Celine Dion will perform in Nicosia on August 2, 2020, it was officially announced yesterday. Tickets for…
Mythical theme park for Paphos in the works
Paphos is set to acquire its own theme park, “Mythos” at Neo Chorio, with Hong Kong investors teaming up with Cypriots…
Sculptures to be sunk in sea off Kato Paphos
A unique sculpture composition will be sunk in the sea off Kato Paphos today. The sinking of what the environmentally…
New record for August tourist arrivals
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…
Smallest full moon of 2019 on Saturday
The smallest full moon of 2019 — known also as a micro moon — will peak at 07.33 am on Saturday, although the moon…
13 flights to/from Cyprus affected by two day BA strike
British Airways flights to Larnaca and Paphos Airports were cancelled today as BA pilots began a 48-hour strike,…
New aerial photos of Cyprus
On Wednesday it was annoucned that the Department of Land and Survey have signed an agreement with French company…
800,000 trees to be planted in the 4 major cities of Cyprus
A group of 10 people from Nicosia decided to do something about the climate change that is also affecting our country.…
Limassol Wine Festival
For the 58th year the Municipality of Limassol is organising the famous Wine Festival from 30th August to 8th…
60,000 airport passengers in just one day
Cyprus recorded the highest number of passengers on a single day this year at both Larnaca and Paphos airports on…