Panic in the Cyprus Tourism Industry

For the last two week we have been hearing different and many complaints about the way Cyprus Tourism is facing the financial crisis.

1. The government blames the hoteliers for not lowering prices after the state spent 52 million Euros in measures of Tourism Support.

Well 52 million is peanuts Mr. Minister. You should be ashamed mentioning them. Make numbers and see how much is per bed and these measures are indirect. Not one cent on improving quality, only seeking mass tourism with price reductions. So I suggest you stay away from the microphones.

2. The Hotel associations calling the Minister of Finance ignorant and asking him to rectify his declarations.

Dear Colleagues, please be sensible and look back to your declarations some months ago when you have been applauding the government for the “support” they offered, oh well it was before the euro elections.

3. The consumers associations complain that prices of coffees and beers are more expensive in Cyprus than in Piazza San Marco in Venice.

Good morning gentlemen, it seems that the you have never travelled abroad, or when you do travel you do not pay for your coffees and beers. I forgot the Cypriot consumer does pay your coffees and beers.

4. This shit has hit the fan in unemployment. Hotels are laying off their staff since bookings are more than 35% down.

Hello guys, wake up, bookings could be much better if in winter instead of crying you were upgrading your services and especially your ONLINE services. Mr. Google, Mr. Digg, Mr. Blogg, Mr. Social Media and many others do not know that you even exist, so twenty million travellers that use the services of those gentlemen IGNORE YOU.

I sugest we all stop complaining and start acting. In the meantime the demand on “Karpaz” , “Magusa”, “Girne” etc is sky – high, so I would ask you to act yesterday, ACT do not REACT. The previously mentioned destinations are very well known to the gentlemen mentioned above and to their users.

ACT for tourism Sake, ACT because we will end like the show and clothing industry in Cyprus in the early nineties.

We need clean roads, we need clean and accessible beaches, we need clean archaeological areas, we need nice museums, we need friendly personnel, we need to finish Larnaca Airport, we need to regulate Taxis and get real public transport, we need recycling factories, we need to work a lot and most of the things we need to do are FREE, they cost no money.