The difficult moments experienced by the citizens, the businessmen and the Municipality of Ayia Napa in general were described by the Mayor Christos Zannetou during his current hosting on the ALpha show, "Noon to Alpha".
The Mayor of the tourist resort, which under normal circumstances at this time would be full of life and the reservations would be at 100%, appealed to the Government to do what it can to support the businesses and the citizens who
As he mentioned, the arrivals of tourists amount to only 15% of the corresponding period last year, while most businesses in the Municipality remain closed until today. "Those who opened to the most commercial streets," said Mr. Zannettos, "have turnover only on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays."
"Unfortunately, many people in our area are still out of work and have started to struggle to survive, and that is the other side of the coin. And this is my call to those in charge to find a way to support them. "
Mr. Zannettos expressed the hope of increased tourist traffic in August due to domestic tourism and the "opening" of flights between Cyprus and Britain, which was classified in category B from 1 August.
"We are waiting to see light in the tunnel. We are going through difficult times and the opening of the British market will in its way support the increase of the tourist flow. However, it is very difficult to open a Russian and British market at the same time, which is 75% of the tourism business.
Mr. Zannett wished the situation to be normalized soon and stressed the need to maintain measures to deal with the coronavirus pandemic, so that there is no setback to the efforts made.
Source: AlphaNews