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Cyprus Beaches Receive Blue Flag Nicos Kouyialis, minister of agriculture, natural resources and environment, Cyprus, recently awarded at a national ceremony the Cypriot beaches which secured the Blue Flag honour. He stressed that this is a successful step
First Meeting of Eurovelo 8 Partners A Cyprus Tourism Organisation delegation participated at the first meeting of the partners of the European project Eurovelo 8 - The Mediterranean Route, which took place in Nice, France in May, after the initiative was approved for financing by the European Commission following an invitation for proposals for cross-border thematic tourism products.
Cyprus Tourism Organisation Presentation
The European Cycling Federation provides technocratic support to the project which aims to enhance transnational cooperation on cycling tourism with emphasis on organising and promoting biking activities among contracting partners in seven different countries. The project activities will focus on packetisation of existing products and related services in collaboration with tour operators and accommodation properties thus facilitating possible cooperation of the private and public sector.
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in tackling a major challenge, which aims to maintain a balance between ensuring satisfaction of tourists as well as environmental protection. “Good quality of bathing waters attracts foreign visitors and contributes to the efforts of the ministry for economic recovery through
the development and particularly through the promotion of a blue economy,� Kouyialis added. Notably, for the last bathing season, which spanned from May 1 to October 31, 2013, 112 bathing sites throughout the coastal zone of free Cyprus were monitored on monthly basis.