Persons participating in tourism for personal purposes - number of tourists

In 2021, Cyprus's persons participating in tourism for personal purposes increased by 14.0% compared to 2020, reaching 264,141.

Cyprus accounts for 0.2% of the EU-27 total of 152,946,667.

Cyprus ranks 24th out of 26 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 3.7% (from 274,419 in 2016).

Source: Eurostat dataset tin00185, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.