During 2025, 576,394 residents of Cyprus participated in at least one domestic or/and outbound trip that included a minimum of one overnight stay for personal purposes, recording an increase of 6.0% compared to 2024, during which a total of 543,526 persons have travelled domestically or abroad, according to the Statistical Service of Cyprus.
It says that residents participating only in domestic trips decreased by 4.1% in 2025, reaching 157,764 compared to 164,590 in 2024. The number of residents participating only in outbound trips amounted to 203,102, showing an increase of 19.8% compared to 169,525 residents who travelled abroad in 2024.
Additionally, 215,528 persons participated in both domestic and outbound trips in 2025, recording an increase of 2.9% compared to 2024.
Trips of Residents
The number of domestic trips increased by 14.7%, from 1,619,371 trips recorded in 2024 to 1,858,029 in 2025. A percentage of 96.1% of domestic trips were taken for personal purposes (i.e. leisure, recreation and holidays, visiting relatives and friends, health reasons, pilgrimage, etc.).
Rented accommodation such as hotels and similar establishments, campsites, hostels, etc., constituted the main type of stay for 57.5% of the trips, while non-rented accommodation (i.e. own home, staying with relatives or friends, etc.) accounted for 42.5%.
The number of trips abroad in 2025 reached 1,957,292 compared to 1,747,492 in 2024, recording an increase of 12.0%. A percentage of 83.3% of these trips were conducted for personal purposes while 16.7% for professional purposes. A percentage of 75.9% of outbound trips had rented accommodation as their main type of stay, while 24.1% had non-rented accommodation as their main type of stay.
Expenditure for Trips
Expenditure for domestic trips reached pound 385.9 mn in 2025, recording an increase of 28.6% compared to 2024. Expenditure on accommodation and expenditure on food and drinks in cafés and restaurants accounted for the largest shares of total expenditure for domestic trips, at 36.8% and 36.5% respectively.
Transportation costs accounted for 8.6% of total expenditure and expenditure on other goods or services for 18.1%.
Expenditure for outbound trips amounted to pound 2,531.1 mn in 2025, recording an increase of 22.2% compared to 2024. Expenditure on transport comprised the largest share of total expenditure, with a percentage of 35.2%, while smaller percentages corresponded to expenditure on accommodation (23.3%), on food and drinks in cafes and restaurants (23.1%) and other goods or services (18.4%), it concludes.