Tuesday, July 1, 2025

PAPHOS REGION TOURISM DEVELOPMENT - EXCURSIONS TO AKAMAS

 




FREE EXCURSION TO AKAMAS - THE FIRST CYCLE OF MAY-JUNE 2025 WAS SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED The Paphos Region Tourism Development and Promotion Company completed on Saturday, June 28, 2025 the first cycle of the free excursion to the Akamas communities to publicize points of interest and increase visitor numbers. This initiative is part of the support measures for the Akama communities, which were announced by the President of the Republic of Cyprus and is financially supported by the Deputy Ministry of Tourism.

The excursion took place every Saturday for the months of May-June 2025, the buses were overcrowded and more than 440 people, of various nationalities and ages, have participated in this tour. The participants' comments on the excursion were overwhelmingly positive and their satisfaction with the tour has exceeded all expectations.

Based on the planning, the entire effort will be repeated for the months of September-October 2025 with a similar program.

The result of the initiative also sends a strong message to the Ministry of Transport regarding the timetables and routes in various communities. The conclusion is that if the departure times are changed as ETAP has suggested many times, then we will observe an increase in traffic in various communities with all the positive consequences. This is confirmed in two other cases where ETAP offered free excursions at times when local and foreign visitors are served since the buses were overcrowded.