Prospects for the upcoming vacationer season are very optimistic, Transport, Communications and Works Minister Yiannis Karousos stated on Tuesday.
Karousos was replying to a journalist`s query on the indications for the vacationer season, after a Cupboard assembly, on the Presidential Palace.
“We imagine that 2022 has began with the very best omens for passenger visitors and tourism,” he stated, including that airline seats supplied are much like 2019 ranges and that quite a few airways have elevated obtainable seats for 2022 in comparison with 2019.
He recalled that airline assist schemes are in place by the Ministry of Transport, in collaboration with Hermes Airports, the airport operator in Cyprus and others supplied by the Deputy Ministry of Tourism.
“We now have managed to have extra locations for 2021 than in 2019,” he famous, including that in 2022 it’s believed that there might be new locations and different airways flying to Cyprus.
Specifically, Karousos stated that in 2021 Cyprus had 158 journey locations in comparison with 150 in 2019, including that “we anticipate that 2022 might be even higher.”
He continued noting that quite a few vital agreements between states and with airways are underway.
Requested whether or not the degrees of 2019 may very well be reached in tourism, he replied that “we’re beginning the trouble for 2022 with the very best omens.”
Statistically, he stated, “our nation had one of many smallest drops in direct air connectivity in relation to different nations,” including that on the idea of Eurocontrol statistics the drop was of the order of 24%.
“We’re fairly optimistic that we are going to do fairly effectively in 2022,” he identified, including nonetheless that “naturally, every little thing will depend on varied components however the preparation has been accomplished.”
He defined that the truth that Cyprus had an motion plan drafted for a while now and had knowledgeable tour operators is predicted to have a optimistic consequence “as a result of we’re sending a message of stability.”
(CNA)