Following the recent Business Forum organized in Mainland China and Hong Kong, the CTO announced that in March 2013 there will be an official visit to Cyprus of Chinese Tour Operators and travel experts in order to meet with Cyprus Hotel and Travel professionals.CTO aims on opening up the China market with a target of 100,000 arrivals in the near future.A number of 3,000,000 tourists from China visit Europe every year.The delegation had contacts as well with prospective investors that would consider investing in Hotel units, casinos and theme parks in Cyprus.
In addition to the various business ideas and collaborations, the CTO had further met with Emirates airlines in order to increase it’s flight service at least during the months October – June targeting to 2 flights a day.Currently, Emirates is connecting main Chinese aiports and Hong Kong daily to Dubai and from Dubai to Cyprus.