Cyprus Tourism

The launch of the second hydrocarbons licensing round offshore Cyprus, was published last Friday in the Official Gazette of the Cyprus Republic, said here today Minister of Commerce, Industry and Tourism Praxoulla Antoniadou.

The launch of the second hydrocarbons licensing round offshore Cyprus, was published last Friday in the Official Gazette of the Cyprus Republic, said here today Minister of Commerce, Industry and Tourism Praxoulla Antoniadou.

Maronite Patriarch Beshara Rai said Friday he looked forward to a bright future for Cyprus during talks with Cypriot President Demetris Christofias.

BEIRUT: Maronite Patriarch Beshara Rai traveled to Cyprus Friday on a pastoral visit.

The number of tourists coming to Cyprus will probably rise in 2012, helped by higher visitor numbers from Germany, the UK and Scandinavia, Finance Minister Kikis Kazamias said on Thursday.

The discovery and exploitation of natural gas resources off Cyprus' coast could make a substantial contribution to Europe's energy security and increase the region's geopolitical stability, the Director of Energy at Cyprus Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Tourism Solon Kassinis said today.

Cyprus Commerce, Industry and Tourism Minister Praxoula Antoniadou Kyriacou and Energy and Water Resources Minister of Israel Uzi Landau have discussed the next steps to advance the project of an underwater electricity cable to link Israel and Cyprus.

An influx of British, German and Russian holidaymakers helped revive the Cyprus tourism sector with a 10 percent jump in arrivals in 2011 from the previous year, official data...

A team of five technocrats from the Ministries of Commerce, Agriculture and Communications visited Friday a drilling rig from where Huston-based Noble Energy has carried out exploratory drilling in Cyprus' Exclusive Economic Zone , Minister of Commerce, Industry and Tourism Praxoula Antoniadou has said.

A team of five technocrats from the Ministries of Commerce, Agriculture and Communications visited Friday a drilling rig from where Huston-based Noble Energy has carried out exploratory drilling in Cyprus' Exclusive Economic Zone , Minister of Commerce, Industry and Tourism Praxoula Antoniadou has said.

Three new airline incentive schemes, designed to stimulate the growth of tourism to Cyprus, have been announced by the Cypriot Ministry of Communications and Works government and Hermes Airports.

First indications on possible hydrocarbon reserves in Block 12 of Cyprus' Exclusive Economic Zone are expected some time around Christmas, Commerce, Industry and Tourism Minister Praxoula Antoniadou told the Cyprus Energy Forum, which takes place here on Thursday.

(Adds reactions) The Labour Party is not being informed and consulted on the restructuring of Air Malta, spokesman Gavin Gulia said this afternoon. Addressing a news conference, Dr Gulia said Labour condemned the hostile manner in which the workers at Air Malta were threatened by the minister during the presentation of the budget last Monday. He noted that the government was recalling its €52 million loan to Air Malta this year and asked whether this was the right time. On tourism, Dr Gulia said that although he acknowledged the increase in the number of tourists, they were coming for shorter visits and therefore spending less. Comparing the situation to other countries, he said that according to the World Tourism Organisation report, the number of tourists in Greece between January and September had increased by 14 per cent and in Portugal and Cyprus by 11 per cent. Malta, on the other hand, only had a seven per cent increase so there was a lot more that needed to be done. He noted that hoteliers were to remain burdened with the same operating costs they had last year. This was in spite of indications that their revenue...

Head of the Energy Department of the Commerce, Industry and Tourism Ministry, Solon Kassinis, has submitted proposals for cooperation with Israel in constructing a liquid natural gas plant and a pipeline for which political decisions are still to be taken from Israel and Cyprus.

The number of tourists visiting Cyprus and revenue from tourism both increased this year according to Chairman of the Cyprus Tourism Organisation Alecos Orountiotis.

Cyprus will commence exploratory drilling in its exclusive economic zone in the beginning of October, Minister of Commerce, Industry and Tourism Praxoulla Antoniadou said on Sunday.

The Cyprus Tourism Organisation has launched a new campaign, with the slogan 'Cyprus in Your Heart,' which is designed to put Cyprus on the international tourism map in 2011.

Cyprus' Minister of Commerce, Industry and Tourism Mrs Praxoula Antoniadou had a meeting at her office with the Director and Deputy Director of US company 'Noble Energy' in Cyprus, Messrs John Tomich and James Cronkhite respectively.

Exposure to Greek banks and an explosion that badly hit the island's finance and tourism sector could lead to calls for a bailout Europe's debt drama has rippled across the Mediterranean to Cyprus.

STEVE: We couldn't go any further overland. Syria was in the way. So here we are in Beirut, getting ready to catch a plane to Cyprus, which wasn't where we wanted to go.

STEVE: We couldn't go any further overland. Syria was in the way. So here we are in Beirut, getting ready to catch a plane to Cyprus, which wasn't where we wanted to go.

Cyprus will soon receive two 60MW generators after a deadly explosion on Monday at a Naval Base destroyed a nearby power station that produced over half of the country's electricity. Cypriot Minister of Commerce, Industry and Tourism Antonis Paschalides said Greece had earmarked two 60MW generators to help the country overcome the power shortfall, according to reports of the Cyprus News Agency. All generators in Cyprus will be mobilized to boost power supply at the height of the summer hea ...

Acting Director General of the Cyprus Tourism Organization Lefkos Phylactides said on Monday that largely, the decline in tourist flow from the United Kingdom, which is Cyprus main tourism market, has been contained, while an increase in tourist arrivals from countries such as Russia and Central Europe has been recorded.

AHI s Annual Trip to Greece, Cyprus Proves Fruitful Substantive Talks Held with High-Ranking Government Officials on Foreign Policy, Tourism, Investment in Region AHI s Annual Trip to Greece, Cyprus Proves Fruitful Substantive Talks Held with High-Ranking Government Officials on Foreign Policy, Tourism, Investment in Region WASHINGTON, DC - A ...

New plans to move toward winter tourism and the development of two new golf courses will, according to UlookUBook.com, cement Cyprus's reputation as a major holiday destination.

The Cyprus Tourism Organisation has launched a massive campaign, targeting the Middle East region, mainly tourists from the UAE and Lebanon, who topped the list last year reports Trade Arabia.Backed by a budget of 19 million euro, CTO campaign "Cyprus in Your... Chemicals Environment Franchising Gaming Infrastructure Pharmaceuticals Retail Shipping ...

United Arab Emirates: 1 hour, 30 minutes ago The Cyprus Tourism Organisation has launched a new campaign, with the slogan 'Cyprus in Your Heart,' which is designed to put Cyprus on the international tourism map in 2011.

The Minister of Commerce, Industry and Tourism, Antonis Paschalides, has said that the government is doing its utmost to support foreign investors Cyprus' service providers, emphasizing Nicosia's firm commitment to safeguarding and enhancing the Republic's competitiveness as a cost-effective platform for international business operations and a ...

United Arab Emirates: 2 hours, 28 minutes ago The Cyprus Tourism Organisation will be mounting a strong presence at the forthcoming Arabian Travel Market in Dubai from 2nd to 5th May in conjunction with Cypriot travel industry professionals at the Dubai International Convention and Exhibition Centre .

Direct flights to North Cyprus will be implemented from June 21. The flights will be implemented by 219-seat Airbus-319 on Tuesday and Friday.

The number of cruise liner passengers visiting Malta is expected to rise this year, according to Tourism Parliamentary Secretary Mario de Marco. The increase is especially due to the fact that the Costa Concordia has been re-routed from Tunisia to Malta. The ship will bring about 100,000 tourists in its 32 weekly trips until November. In 2010, about 490,000 cruise passengers visited the island, which put the ship’s capacity into perspective. It made last year’s reports that the cruise line was cancelling many of its voyages to the island all the more worrying. Speaking on board the Costa Concordia yesterday, Dr de Marco pointed out that the ship’s stop in Valletta would also attract people from Cyprus, Turkey and the UK to fly to Malta and start their cruise from here. “The importance of cruise liners cannot be overestimated,” he said. However, he was reluctant to put a figure on the envisaged growth for this year. Valletta Cruise Port CEO John Portelli last week projected the passenger numbers for 2011 at 622,258. Since 2001, the cruise industry has attracted more than four million passengers to Malta and direct cruise expenditure amounted to...

Cyprus' Minister of Commerce, Industry and Tourism Mr Antonis Paschalides spoke this week at the 5th annual student conference for new investment projects of the tourism industry in Cyprus at the University of Nicosia.