Business stakeholders across Cyprus’ travel and hospitality ecosystem will converge on Nicosia on 9 March 2026 for an unusually granular look at how foreign visitors open their wallets on the island. Announced on 23 February by the Cyprus Chamber of Commerce & Industry (Keve) and payments giant Visa, the half-day seminar—“Cyprus Tourism Trends: Through the Lens of Visa”—will showcase anonymised card-spend data covering millions of transactions.
Presenters will drill into sector-by-sector performance, flagging where tourists from key origin markets such as the UK, Israel and Poland are shifting their budgets. Early teasers point to a double-digit jump in experiential spending—think wine-tasting tours and adventure sports—compared with pre-pandemic norms dominated by accommodation and car hire. Seasonality charts will highlight opportunities to stretch the peak beyond July–August, a core priority in the government’s 2024–2027 National Tourism Strategy.
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Whether you’re a tour operator packaging these new experiences or a corporate travel planner translating spend data into itineraries, making sure visitors have the correct paperwork is still step one. VisaHQ’s online portal (https://www.visahq.com/cyprus/) streamlines Cyprus visa applications, provides real-time updates on entry rules, and supports documentation for onward destinations—helping travellers arrive ready to explore and spend.
For global-mobility managers, the session offers more than macroeconomic colour. Visa’s dashboards will outline average corporate card outlays by business travellers, helping multinationals refine per-diem policies for staff rotating through Limassol’s shipping cluster or the burgeoning fintech hub in Nicosia. The data also support negotiations with hotels on long-stay rates for project teams and expatriate families.
Keve says registration is open until 5 March and expects strong attendance from regional airports, destination-management companies and real-estate developers courting digital nomads. The organisers promise that registrants will receive post-event access to an interactive portal—allowing firms to benchmark their own sales against national averages throughout 2026.
Presenters will drill into sector-by-sector performance, flagging where tourists from key origin markets such as the UK, Israel and Poland are shifting their budgets. Early teasers point to a double-digit jump in experiential spending—think wine-tasting tours and adventure sports—compared with pre-pandemic norms dominated by accommodation and car hire. Seasonality charts will highlight opportunities to stretch the peak beyond July–August, a core priority in the government’s 2024–2027 National Tourism Strategy.
Whether you’re a tour operator packaging these new experiences or a corporate travel planner translating spend data into itineraries, making sure visitors have the correct paperwork is still step one. VisaHQ’s online portal (https://www.visahq.com/cyprus/) streamlines Cyprus visa applications, provides real-time updates on entry rules, and supports documentation for onward destinations—helping travellers arrive ready to explore and spend.
For global-mobility managers, the session offers more than macroeconomic colour. Visa’s dashboards will outline average corporate card outlays by business travellers, helping multinationals refine per-diem policies for staff rotating through Limassol’s shipping cluster or the burgeoning fintech hub in Nicosia. The data also support negotiations with hotels on long-stay rates for project teams and expatriate families.
Keve says registration is open until 5 March and expects strong attendance from regional airports, destination-management companies and real-estate developers courting digital nomads. The organisers promise that registrants will receive post-event access to an interactive portal—allowing firms to benchmark their own sales against national averages throughout 2026.
