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[Oracle]

OK! Pitch right up!

... a few jellabies won't go amiss either.

[Kifeas]

"Cyprus, Goodbye we won't be back"

That's what I was told yesterday by some friends who have been coming here for the last 7 years.

"We went down to the harbour in Pafos, walked along and decided on a cup of coffee and a cake each"

They were charged €51.50 (£46.00) and told me that wasn't the only place where they considered that had been vastly overcharged.

If visitor numbers continue to spiral downwards and holidays are spent
elsewhere some of these rip off merchants will be crying to the government for more help to see them through the recession.

I guess that is why our President knows that any VAT reduction to restaurants will not be passed on to the customers and will be pocketed by the proprietors as extra profit.

Say what you like, people want value for money and they will go on holiday to places that give it and seriously stop away from places that don't.

I'm sure like most tourists they don't give a flying fig about the North - South problems as two weeks holiday in the sun is their main concern.

I am afraid your post is potentially misinforming, as you did not bother to tell us the number of those "some" friends of yours that went to the harbor and had one and one cake each. I am sure you understand that if your friends were 5 people, then each coffee and cake were charged at than €10.3 each, which is indeed quite a lot, but if they were 10 people instead, then at €5.15 each it sounds quite reasonable in a cafe by the harbor. 1.) Why did you hide this information? 2.) Why you did not tell us the name of the cafe your friends went? and 3.) Was there no price list available to see in advance how much each item was priced?

Why so lazy to provide all the necessary information in your post?

[cyprusgeoff]

If you did read the posts correctly you would have seen that yes, I did forget to put the number of people in my opening post but when asked by Z4 how many folk were involved I did supply the answer.

It was five people as I said and whichever way one looks at it it is a disgustingly high charge for five coffees and five cakes.

As I wasn't with them I have no idea what place they went into and I didn't ask them if they looked for any prices before entering.

I didn't hide any information I simply stated what was told to me.

I will ask them what restaurant it was and I shall look to see if there are any prices posted outside.

[Z4]

Oh well, if restuarant/cafe owners keep charging these prices it will be those who suffer in the long run.

We can't say that Cyprus is expensive because of a few over priced places and there are some good value places to eat I'm sure - would be nice to know where they are though

[Get Real!]

In the last two decades, most of our youth has been undertaking tertiary study in Engineering, IT, Science, Banking, and many other disciplines which have nothing or little to do with tourism, so if we’re to accommodate our youth we need to move away from 3rd world industries like tourism and such or we’ll end up with immigrants running a junk tourism industry for a pittance, while our educated youngsters are lining up in the dole queues!

This would be the surest formula for financial catastrophe! Cyprus must evolve and adopt to the changing times if it’s to remain prosperous in the future. Selling pretty postcards, souvenirs, oily chips and drinks, etc, is NOT the way forward for Cyprus but the way backwards!

[cyprusgeoff]

OK M8, I'll start off by telling you all that in my opinion the best bargain for a full English breakfast in Pafos is Tramps Bar in the Tomb of the Kings Road.

It's nicely cooked, fills you up and is beautifully served.

The beautiful and shapely Bulgarian waitress is eye candy and comes free as does the coffee.

I will always praise the value for money places and give credit where credit is due but don't expect me to stay silent when I consider anywhere not to be good value as this does the tourism industry no good at all.

[kurupetos]

In the last two decades, most of our youth has been undertaking tertiary study in Engineering, IT, Science, Banking, and many other disciplines which have nothing or little to do with tourism, so if we’re to accommodate our youth we need to move away from 3rd world industries like tourism and such or we’ll end up with immigrants running a junk tourism industry for a pittance, while our educated youngsters are lining up in the dole queues!

This would be the surest formula for financial catastrophe! Cyprus must evolve and adopt to the changing times if it’s to remain prosperous in the future. Selling pretty postcards, souvenirs, oily chips and drinks, etc, is NOT the way forward for Cyprus but the way backwards!

That's an A+ post! Well done GR!

[Get Real!]

In the last two decades, most of our youth has been undertaking tertiary study in Engineering, IT, Science, Banking, and many other disciplines which have nothing or little to do with tourism, so if we’re to accommodate our youth we need to move away from 3rd world industries like tourism and such or we’ll end up with immigrants running a junk tourism industry for a pittance, while our educated youngsters are lining up in the dole queues!

This would be the surest formula for financial catastrophe! Cyprus must evolve and adopt to the changing times if it’s to remain prosperous in the future. Selling pretty postcards, souvenirs, oily chips and drinks, etc, is NOT the way forward for Cyprus but the way backwards!

That's an A+ post! Well done GR!

Can I have my plate of oily chips now…

[purdey]

Take a flask and some cheese sarnies. You can buy some of those fold away chairs from Orphanannies, set up and your quids in.

[Z4]

Take a flask and some cheese sarnies. You can buy some of those fold away chairs from Orphanannies, set up and your quids in.

Ikea please!