Ignore the Telegraph at your peril

Sir,
Is it surprising that the repositioning of Cyprus into the top end of the tourist market is not working when they have failed to get the UK’s Daily Telegraph to publish one article on Cyprus in their travel section this year? In 2005 and 2004 only one article was published in each year, compared to three articles in each of 2002 and 2003. Does the industry think that it is not necessary to woo readers of the Telegraph or perhaps they are afraid of what might be written?

Colin Grightwell, Woking, UK

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.