Israelis top Cyprus tourist spending at 174 euros a day

Israeli tourists may not stay long in Cyprus, but while they are there, they spend more than anyone else.

New data published by Cyprus’ Statistical Service shows that an Israeli tourist spent an average of 174.27 euros per day in June, the highest figure among the countries for which reliable data was published.

By comparison, Polish tourists spent 84.37 euros per day, while British visitors spent 103.98 euros.

The high daily spending, however, tells only part of the story.

Israeli tourists stayed in Cyprus for an average of just 3.9 days in June, compared with an overall tourism-market average of 8.2 days.

As a result, total spending per Israeli visitor over the course of a trip stood at 679.65 euros, below the overall average of 863.62 euros per tourist.

The gap with some nationalities was especially striking.

Israeli tourists spent nearly three times as much per day as American visitors, who averaged 62.17 euros, more than twice as much as Greek tourists, at 76.63 euros, and almost two and a half times as much as Finnish tourists, who spent 70.73 euros.

Norwegian tourists also ranked relatively high, with average daily spending of 143.28 euros, but still trailed Israelis.

The same report shows just how significant the Israeli market has become for Cyprus.

In June, 80,343 tourists from Israel visited the island, accounting for 16.4% of all arrivals and making Israel the country’s second-largest source market after Britain.

The Israeli presence grew even further in July, when 119,293 Israelis visited Cyprus, accounting for 20.5% of all tourists.

That means roughly one in every five visitors to Cyprus that month was Israeli.

For comparison, Israelis accounted for about 13% of all tourists to Cyprus in 2025, or roughly one in eight. Israel also ranked as the island’s second-largest tourism market that year, behind Britain.

The July figure therefore highlights the increasingly important role of Israeli tourism in Cyprus during the summer season.

Cyprus recorded 423.1 million euros in tourism revenue in June, up just 0.2% from the same month a year earlier.

For the first half of 2026, tourism revenue totaled 1.22 billion euros, down 11.4% from the corresponding period last year.