With the occupancy of Limassol hotels barely
exceeding 30% in June, uncertainty prevails among hoteliers for the next day.
We cannot make safe predictions about how the year will move, says in "Entrepreneurial
Limassol" the President of PASYXE Limassol, Haris Theocharous, since as he
pointed out the data are overturned daily.
The decision to keep Cyprus on Great
Britain's orange travel list has, for the time being, removed any hope of attracting
tourists from the British market. On the other hand, a partial boost is
expected to be brought about by the launch of charter flights from 28 June from
Russia, the only market currently present in Cyprus. Russia's largest tour
operator, Biblio, is already coming to Cyprus in small numbers. There is also
uncertainty about Israel's tourist market.
Our epidemiological picture is
considered critical, with Theocharous expressing his concern about the increase
in covid cases in recent days. He also expressed concern as to whether the data
would allow the limassol hotels to continue to operate after the three-day holiday,
since there are no indications of a large number of domestic tourism. This
particular three-day period, noted the President of PASYXE Limassol, the occupancy
reached 60%, but from then on everything, is uncertain.
Haris Theocharous called for the
support measures to be extended to the tourism industry after the end of June
to allow hotels to remain open. In Limassol at the moment, 95% of hotels
operate.
In relation to the launch of cruises
based in Limassol, Mr. Theocharous stressed that spending the nights by cruise
ship passengers in hotels during their stay in Limassol, is a prospect that the
city's hoteliers look forward to.