The mayor of Ayia Napa had a series of contacts during the Berlin International Fair, which ended a few days ago on the issue of the Germania airline and how its closure will affect the tourist flow from Germany.
"From the German market is the fact that Germania has gone bankrupt with tens of thousands of positions leaving the market, as well as an impact from Cobalt, so there will be a reduction in the Germans in Cyprus at least for 2019 but we are very positive that it will give the necessary incentives or the necessary promotion will be made so that in 2020 the Germans will return to the levels that were before 2019 ”, said the Mayor of Ayia Napa.
At the same time, the Mayor of Ayia Napa expresses his uncertainty about how Brexit is expected to affect tourism next summer, complaining that there may be an influence of English tourists from the British media.
"There is concern about Brexit, the media in England are highlighting the fact and asking people not to make reservations because they do not know if they will need a visa, what will happen at the entrance with the passports and much more.", he said.
However, tourism officials in the province of Famagusta are very optimistic that by the end of the day, both the increase in bookings from the UK and the finding of solutions for the German market will lead to at least keeping bookings at the same level. with last year.
Source: SigmaTV / Marinos Pavlikkas
