Holidays up

LAST year almost 600,000 Cypriots travelled abroad, nearly 500,000 on holiday, the Association of Cyprus Travel Agents (ACTA) said yesterday.

Speaking at a news conference to launch the ‘Taxidi 2001’ Travel Fair, ACTA general-secretary Tassos Katsourides said that of the total number who had travelled abroad, 235,300 had gone to Greece.

And he added that in the first three months of this year, outgoing tourism was up five to seven per cent.

This year will be the fourth such travel exhibition with some 40 participants. The fair will be held from May 4-6 at the State Fairs grounds in Nicosia.

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