Over the last 6 years the number of foreign tourists, who stay in their own houses on Cyprus, has increased from 114 thousand to 138 thousand people, it is 5.7% from the whole stream of tourists coming to the country. The amount of those who stay in the flats, houses and villas of their relatives and friends, has increased to 471 thousand. It is 19.5% of the stream of tourists, that is, every fifth guest coming to Cyprus.This tendency influences negatively the hotel business. During the period mentioned above the amount of tourists who put up at the apartments and the tourist villages of Cyprus, has decreased from 29.6% to 21%. However, the amount of guests preferring 3-, 4-, 5-star hotels has increased from 43.4% to 47.5% of the whole stream of tourists.The Cyprus Organization of Tourism (COT) appreciates positively the fact of the increase of the amount of tourists,
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