In November 2025 Passport News reported a historic figure: 537,744 visitors came to Cyprus during October 2025, the first time in the island’s history that a single month has passed the half-million mark.
The number is 17.1 percent higher than October 2024, and 34.2 percent higher than the same month in 2022. October is the point where a seasonal destination usually begins to empty, which is what makes this particular month the interesting one.
For the first time in its history: Cyprus closes a month with more than half a million tourists.
Behind it sit expanded air routes from Europe, the Gulf and Israel, and investment in tourism infrastructure. The government’s stated aim is a destination that works 365 days a year rather than a summer one, and for anyone who owns property here that ambition is the whole difference between four good months and twelve.