Englishness of Cyprus lures Britons
Cyprus has long since been a popular holiday destination for British tourists, possibly because the Mediterranean island has the required Englishness. Over 300 days of sunshine a year and 600 km of coastline lured the Brits over the years and they have flocked to the island for both business and pleasure.
According to Bulgarian daily Dnevnik, the tourism sector in Cyprus was marking a sound recovery following a dip during the global economic downturn. Foreign tourist numbers showed a strong increase of 15 per cent in Match 2010 over the same month of 2009, or more than 103 000 to last year’s 90 000. Local authorities hoped that the trend would continue all over 2010. Tourism arrivals in Cyprus saw their best monthly increase in years in March, as arrivals of tourists rose by 14.8% over the year compared with March 2009. The Statistical Service reported that an increase of 5.7% was recorded in tourist arrivals from the United Kingdom.
Property expert Derek Watkins said that increasing tourism in Cyprus and a reputation for attracting repeat visitors, a buy-to-let investment in Cyprus is still a great bet than that of emerging markets such as Bulgaria because Cyprus is a natural market, according to cyprus4investors.
In related news, Dani Maxton, of Morpheus Investments suggested that Cyprus looks set to become an even more popular tourist destination and introduction of low fare flights will open up the island to more potential second-home buyers.
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