Cyprus among most expensive tourists packages

CYPRUS has the most expensive tourist packages from the UK from all its competitors in the region except Egypt, a survey in Britain reveals.
According to data from AC Nielsen, the average cost of a one-week package to Egypt costs £608 sterling, with Cyprus coming in second at £598 as of June this year.

After Cyprus came Portugal, but it comes in around £100 cheaper than Cyprus and Egypt at £508.

From Britain, a one-week package to Turkey costs only £429 and Greece £444.

Forecasting to 2007, the data reveals that by summer 2007, Cyprus will have overtaken Egypt as the most expensive package, estimated to reach £715 with Egypt at £685.

Malta will be in third place with an average package price of £523 but Spain is expected to be cheaper at £481, Portugal £483 and Greece £492.

The Cyprus Mail is the only English-language daily newspaper published in Cyprus. It was established in 1945 and today, with its popular and widely-read website, the Cyprus Mail is among the most trusted news sites in Cyprus. The newspaper is not affiliated with any political parties and has always striven to maintain its independence. Over the past 70-plus years, the Cyprus Mail, with a small dedicated team, has covered momentous events in Cyprus’ modern history, chronicling the last gasps of British colonial rule, Cyprus’ truncated independence, the coup and Turkish invasion, and the decades of negotiations to stitch the divided island back together, plus a myriad of scandals, murders, and human interests stories that capture the island and its -people. Observers describe it as politically conservative.