The issue of tourist hours and in general the service of foreign or domestic visitors in the tourist areas from the retail stores is directly related to the quality of the tourist product, states the Famagusta Tourist Commercial Industrial Company (TEVEA) in an announcement.
TEVEA's position is that retail stores in purely tourist areas must retain the right to remain open during hours when a sufficient number of tourists are proven to be moving. "The ban on their operation is equivalent to the degradation of the tourist product of our Province and by extension of our country, as only problems and dissatisfaction can be created to tourists - visitors, especially to foreigners who do not know exactly the customs and traditions of our country. ", Therefore. TEVEA reports that on Sundays the shops in the purely tourist areas are useful as they operate with a schedule of 7:30 p.m. - 11:00 p.m. Regarding the holidays of April 1, May 1, August 15, Holy Spirit, and Sunday and Easter Monday, TEVEA's position is that the stores should be open at least part-time, e.g. 10:30 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. In addition, it is stated that "the House of Representatives should take seriously the fact that the Province of Famagusta as well as other parts of Cyprus suffers from the problem of seasonality and consequently local businesses end up in reduced turnover, since in fact they operate only 4-5 months ". TEVEA's position is that companies should be allowed to operate without restrictions throughout the tourist season, after all when in Cyprus we refer to companies, we refer to small family businesses".Source: Famagusta-News / Eleftheria Sofroniou