Filenews 6 July 2025 - by Dora Christodoulou
Increasingly, tourists choose to use self-catering short-term rental accommodation (apartments or residences) during their holidays.
According to data cited by the Deputy Ministry of Tourism in a letter sent to the Parliament, the total number of accommodations in the free areas of the Republic of Cyprus offered for short-term rental purposes is estimated to be between 12 and 13 thousand. The number of self-catering accommodation has increased sixfold, while most of them are located in Paphos and the free area of Famagusta.
Specifically, in Paphos there are 3,957 accommodations registered in the register with 17,802 beds, in Famagusta the number of accommodations is 1,702 with 8,728 beds and in Larnaca there are 1,237 accommodations offering 4,682 beds. In Limassol, the number of accommodations is 1,076 with 4,068 beds and in Nicosia there are 403 accommodations offering 1,504 beds.
At the same time, during the inspections carried out by the inspectors of the competent service, they have proceeded to 52 complaints for the operation/advertising of self-catering accommodations that were operating, without securing a registration permit from the Deputy Ministry of Tourism.
