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[cyprusgrump]

Hello Guys
Just wanted to say hello, and we will be over in May to spend some time in our holiday apartment we have just brought. Can't wait! About flights, I live in Germany, and flights anywhere from here have always been frighteningly expensive and more often than not it was cheaper to fly to UK with a budjet airline, then onto Cyprus (Yep, crazy, I know). BUT.....not sure what's happening at the mo, but booked return fligths from Munich for June for 197 Euro return, July for 280 Euro return and August for 310 Euro return. Lovely Jubbly! Night flights with Lufthansa, but hey, am happy with those!
Jet2 now also flying into Cyprus, I hear. Mr. Ryanair not happy about airport taxes at Cyprus. Shame, because since he came into Friedrichshafen (Lake Konstanz in Bavaria) there are now 2 flights a day and the tourism has boomed winter and summer here.
Anyway, snowing here, so enjoy the sun

Welcome!

[Nikitas]

I do not fly, but advance booking Athens-Larnaca with Aegean airlines can be as low as 39 Euro. How are air fares to Athens?

I travel by merchant ship, two nights on board, spartan conditions, one DVD player for entertainment. Make your own coffee in the galley and keep your mouth shut. 200 Euro each way. Unlitimted luggage.

[GorillaGal]

geeze, i wonder why tourism could be down in paradise?

tourism is up in NY.....
but since i already live here, i am still trying to figure out how welcome i am for a return visit to CY this summer.

[Bill]

geeze, i wonder why tourism could be down in paradise?

tourism is up in NY.....
but since i already live here, i am still trying to figure out how welcome i am for a return visit to CY this summer.

You are always welcome here GG ~ well by some of us anyway

Can't answer for some of the Cypriots though

Bill

[GorillaGal]

geeze, i wonder why tourism could be down in paradise?

tourism is up in NY.....
but since i already live here, i am still trying to figure out how welcome i am for a return visit to CY this summer.

You are always welcome here GG ~ well by some of us anyway

Can't answer for some of the Cypriots though

Bill

no worries bill. i understand the cypriot way. i should have realised it sooner, since it was only the expats that dared welcome me on my last visit.

[simonwjones]

Every year they say this and every year they do nothing about it!

[Cheshire Cat]

Every year they say this and every year they do nothing about it!

Sorry Simon, I seem to have missed something, what do they say every year.

I took my eye of the ball for a miniute

[DT.]

geeze, i wonder why tourism could be down in paradise?

tourism is up in NY.....
but since i already live here, i am still trying to figure out how welcome i am for a return visit to CY this summer.

why the nasty?

[GorillaGal]

not nasty at all. i am hoping i get my invite to return to CY.... as for tourism down...if it's up here, i would think it would be up there as well....people obviously have the money to travel.

[Bill]

I can't really understand what the CTO is playing at .

One minute they are telling us that they are building golf courses and new marina's to encourage and attract the "right type" of tourist whilst they seem to discourage the family oriented type holidays for the less well off families with high air fares and allowing substandard service.

What they fail to realise is that it's the ordinary holiday makers that are the bread and butter whilst the yacht owners and golfers are just the icing on the cake .

The ordinary holidaymaker will save all year and blow the lot and probably more on credit on a holiday and expect to enjoy themselves.

The more well off tend to spend less and therefore contribute little to the overall great scheme of things.

Having drunken Brits lying around the pavements of nappa might not be the most pleasant of sights but the amount they spend in two weeks is really a eye opener ~ that after all is the aim of the tourist industry ~ to provide a service and to make money.

There are better and cheaper places to go in the world and Cyprus is slowly dropping down the list of preferred holiday locations ~~ it's being priced out of the ordinary mans pocket and all the CTO can talk about are new marina's

Thank god we have the English Cypriots who come every year ~ without them Cyprus would end up down the pan very soon.

Bill