Persons participating in tourism for personal purposes - number of tourists

In 2024, Cyprus's persons participating in tourism for personal purposes increased by 21.6% compared to 2023, reaching 297,579.

Cyprus accounts for 0.2% of the EU-27 total of 188,318,376.

Cyprus ranks 25th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 9.3% (from 328,140 in 2019).

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