CTO says tourism bookings down 20-30% this summer
THE CYPRUS Tourism Organisation (CTO) is basing its hopes on last minute bookings, after statistics showed there has been a 20 to 30 per cent reduction in bookings for the summer.
The information came to light during yesterday’s House Finance Committee meeting, which discussed the CTO’s 2009 budget.
If the comments of Mr Talat are to be believed, and there is no positive agreements reached on the Cyprus Problem by the end of 2009 (which is beginning to look likely) then both Talat and President Demetris Christofias should stand down. Then moves toward permanent partition should be commenced by a people’s coalition, for the sake of the people, stability and world standing of both sides.
There has been considerable debate about the reduction of tourists coming to Cyprus. The combined effect of the rise of the euro and the general rate of inflation will surely drive most potential tourist away from the island.
I read the letter from Patricia and John Jupe extolling the virtues of living in Cyprus. What I can’t help wondering is if they think the place is so great, why are they still living in the UK?
When I was a baby, a dear Cypriot lady cared for me for nearly a year. Unfortunately my parents failed to record her full name – I only know that ‘Phemou’ was devoted to me.
She lived in Strovolos or near Nicosia in 1961. She cared for me daily, from the time I was four months old, which would be from about September 1961 until, perhaps, April 1961.
Your diarist, the luminous Victoria Vasiliou, highlights a perennial problem we face in old Nicosia (‘Time to stand up for what is Cypriot, seven, February 22), namely the destruction of the past by an army of parvenus determined to further their own commercial interest to the detriment of the community.
THE POLICE Complaints Authority yesterday launched an independent investigation into the death of a 24-year-old man while in police custody on Sunday.
AS PART of the European Union efforts to raise public awareness on issues relating to environmental protection and energy saving, a public debate on “Eco House – Construction – Operation – Saving Energy” will take place tomorrow at 7.30pm in the Old Power House in Paphos.
VISITING hours at Nicosia’s Central Prison were suspended for an hour on Sunday after an inmate allegedly attacked a warden.
At the centre of the disturbance was one of the notorious Akhtar brothers, who is serving time with his father and brother over a vicious attack on officers in August 2007.
THE FATHER of an 11-year-old boy barged into his son’s classroom and beat up his teacher because the latter had told the child off for misbehaving.
The incident occurred at Larnaca’s Ayios Georgiou primary school yesterday morning while the teacher was in the middle of a class.
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.
