Representatives of the tourism sector of the economy of Cyprus published the final statistics for 2013. The main result is that everything is not as good as we would like, but it would be even worse if there was not a boom among Russian travelers.

In total, from January to December, the Mediterranean island received 2.4 million tourists, which is 2, 4% less than in 2012 . The lowest losses were recorded among Germans (-31.5%, that is, the tourist flow fell by almost one third), Greeks (-21.1%) and Britons (-7.1%), who are "golden residential "for the tourism industry of Cyprus . With such trends, 2013 could be declared a year of mourning, if not for our compatriots who added to last year's figure as much as 28, 3% . Thus, having reached the mark of 600 thousand arrivals, the Russians took the second place in the total volume of tourist traffic, losing only to the aforementioned travelers from Great Britain .

Despite the decrease in the total number of tourists, the Cypriot tourism industry managed to get a plus on cash profits, increasing annual revenue by 9%.

10 fresh news

• On March 5, the 85th Geneva Motor Show ( Feb 27)
• Paris will lose one of the main attractions (Feb 27)
• T the yurist fell from a height of 500 meters, trying to make selfi (Feb 27)
• There was not enough space for all the passengers on the Pobedy flight (27 Feb)
• The Quidditch Championship started in Spain ( 27 Feb)
• Israeli passengers nearly beat the flight attendant because of the chocolates (Feb 27)
• The most expensive ski resorts in Europe were determined (Feb 27)
• Marijuana smoking legalized in Washington (Feb 27)
• The cost of overseas roaming has been increased (Feb 27)
• The ski season in Sochi will last till May (Feb 27)