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Overview. Ayia Napa is the largest tourist resort in Cyprus, with a 27,000-person-bed capacity and more than 175 hotels and apartments of all sizes. In 2017, the resort received over 700,000 tourists and accommodated 5 million overnight stays, [ 26] representing approximately 30% of all Cyprus overnight stays.
Tourism in Cyprus occupies a dominant position in the country's economy, [1] [2] and has significantly impacted its culture and multicultural development throughout the years. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] In 2006, the tourism industry made up 10.7% of the country's GDP and the total employment in the tourism industry was estimated at 113,000 jobs. [ 5 ]
The Ledra Palace Hotel is located in central Nicosia, Cyprus, and until 1974 was one of the largest and most glamorous hotels of the capital. [1] The hotel was designed by the German Jewish architect Benjamin Günsberg and was built between 1947 and 1949 by Cyprus Hotels Limited at a cost of approx £240,000 Cyprus pounds on what was then called King Edward VII Street, since 1962 Markos Drakos ...
Paphos ( / ˈpæfɒs / PAF-oss; Greek: Πάφος [ˈpafos]; Turkish: Baf; [ 4]) is a coastal city in southwest Cyprus and the capital of Paphos District. In classical antiquity, two locations were called Paphos: Old Paphos, today known as Kouklia, [ 5] and New Paphos. [ 6] It is the fourth-largest city in the country, after Nicosia, Limassol ...
Cyprus. / 35.167°N 33.367°E / 35.167; 33.367. Cyprus[ f] ( / ˈsaɪprəs / ⓘ ), officially the Republic of Cyprus, [ g] is an island country in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. It is geographically a part of West Asia, but its cultural ties and geopolitics are overwhelmingly Southeast European.
Aphrodite Hills is a coastal resort in Cyprus located in the Paphos district. It is named after the goddess Aphrodite and the resort is only one mile away from Aphrodite's Rock . The resort is built on two elevated plateaus divided by a natural ravine. The resort has many features of a Mediterranean town; Greco-Roman architecture is prominent ...