Israeli tourist flights to Cyprus picking up but €700m loss forecast for the year

Israeli tourist flights to Cyprus are picking up after months of near-absence, but industry figures warn the damage to this year’s tourism season is already largely done, with losses forecast at around €700 million.

Haris Papacharalambous, president of the Cyprus Association of Travel and Tourist Agents (ACTTA), told Phileleftheros that flights from Israel have been rising for several days, driven primarily by the security situation in the region and the ceasefire between Israel, the United...