The number of tourist arrivals in June rose 8.2 per cent to 511,073 compared to the respective month of 2017 on a strong performance of the UK market.

The number of visitors from the UK, traditionally Cyprus’s largest source of incoming tourism, rose last month an annual 9.9 per cent to 165,477, Cystat said in a statement on its website.

In the first six months of the year, the number of tourists visiting the island rose 12 per cent to 1,645,149 compared to the respective period last year, Cystat said.