While the arrivals of Israeli visitors to Paphos, after the months of the complete interruption of the connection between Cyprus and Israel as a result of the military conflicts in the Middle East, have been increasing in recent weeks, the corresponding traffic from the large market of the United Kingdom continues to move at lower levels than expected for the time.
The seemingly oxymoronic fact, that people travel from the war front and Europeans from the other side of the old continent are reluctant to do so, is easily explained, however, the president of PASYXE, Thanos Michailidis, tells "F". As he explains, at the heart of the problem is the travel advisory that is still in force from London for Cyprus and which acts as a deterrent for both the travellers themselves and the tour operators.
It should be taken into account, Mr. Michaelides points out, that during the official travel advisory, insurance companies act accordingly, assessing such a trip as high-risk, which also becomes an economic deterrent for the British.
The president of PASYXE Cyprus expressed the hope that this scenario will be reversed within May, so that the tourism industry can recover in time for the rest of the season.
At Paphos International Airport, the flight schedule from European countries has been fully normalized, with aircraft occupancy rates obviously lower than usual. The resumption of flights from Tel Aviv is considered important at this stage, a development that is considered critical even without yet approaching the numbers of the era before the war in Iran.
