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[zan]

What if the tourists stop coming?

By Charlie

Charalambous

Nothing is going the government’s way at the moment but the polls still remain kind to the President.

And if he does manage to get something right, then ever-popular Tassos would most probably win the US primaries as well.

A true conspiracy theorist would argue that the international community - led by Britain, of course - is colluding to give Tassos a bad name.

To be precise, Cyprus is now under siege from a host of countries wanting to crush our spirit and facilitate Turkey’s global domination.

Okay, I’m slightly overstepping the mark but it’s a hugely convincing argument that wins votes among the converted.

There are so many bad omens travelling on the Syria ferry route to and from Famagusta that it’s no surprise that the Brits and the Swedes are joining the fray. And only god knows who else will join the Cyprus-bashing bandwagon.

Nevertheless, why has it come to this? What has government been doing on the awareness campaign to convert our enemies into Cyprus problem believers? Not a lot, we must assume, judging by the state of deadlock on July 8 Avenue.

The latest nail in the coffin appears to be the strategic partnership that Britain and Turkey have co-signed. Its mission is to facilitate direct political, economical and cultural contact between the EU and the Turkish Cypriots.

London insists there is "nothing new" in its policy towards the north, saying the UK does not recognise the "TRNC" in any shape or form. Cyprus is not convinced.

Why prepare a document with Ankara that specifically targets the north if it has been standard practice for some time?

Meanwhile, the government is blaming dark forces for resurrecting the Annan Plan from the dead.

What else could it be? Having said that, there is a tendency to get hysterically xenophobic about the Brits when there is a perceived slight against the Cyprus Republic.

There is a long-running love-hate relationship between the former master and servant.

Although the government should refrain from publicly flogging itself as a show of defiance.

Fanning anti-British sentiment would do more harm than good. Resolving these types of thorny issues is why we have diplomats - although most of them were fast asleep in London as the dreaded document was unveiled.

So, where does this leave the euphemistically termed "structured dialogue" aimed at mending broken Cyprus-Britain bilateral fences? Two years of road safety seminars and anti-hooligan training doesn’t seem to have improved matters.

There was so much positive dialogue going down that nobody in London mentioned a deal would be done with the Turks, despite Greek Cypriot sensitivities. Basically, unless the island is turned into a NATO base, Cyprus will always be sacrificed at the altar of international politics.

That’s how the wider world works. The big guys trample on the little guys all the time, doesn’t matter who you are, unless you’ve got oil - actually, you still get shafted, Iraq style.

Yeah, I can hear you say EU members are supposed to be cordial to one another and must avoid triggering conflict within the harmonious bloc.

As long as Brussels believes Cyprus earned its EU status by default, there is going to be a lot of surprises in store for Nicosia from many unsuspected quarters.

For now, Cyprus is in a sulk and refuses to play ball with London but what if the tourists stop coming?

Starting fights that can’t be finished is not what one would call progress.

Then again, Brit-bashing always smells like a vote winner against the frequently perceived colonial bullyboy.

The whole affair is so last century that I’d rather demonstrate with students worried over the retirement age for civil servants being extended to 63.

How about these student protesters getting a real job first then worrying about state pensions?

There is also a presumption that they will be employed in the public sector on a non-negotiable fat contract for the rest of their "working" lives.

Well, the way things are going there may not be a state to employ them for much longer, never mind early retirement. And you know who to blame for that...

[oranos64]

they said that in the mid 90s ....the mojority of tourists now are german ,CIS and southern europeans .isrealis ....no shortage ..they demand high quality and business solutions ..and their own hotels ..this has been note and huge $$$$ projects are accounting for demand ...the isrealis especially want a place with no moslems etc ...they have just spent $75 million on two projects here south side ....

Brits flock to protaros ,napa and paphos ...in fact i predict with the lanuch of 3 IHOTELS IN CYPRUS A UPSURGE IN TOURISM BY 2008 ...I guarentee it ....

[Get Real!]

What if the tourists stop coming?

We'll go up Jack's arse and start picking strawberries!

[zan]

they said that in the mid 90s ....the mojority of tourists now are german ,CIS and southern europeans .isrealis ....no shortage ..they demand high quality and business solutions ..and their own hotels ..this has been note and huge $$$$ projects are accounting for demand ...the isrealis especially want a place with no moslems etc ...they have just spent $75 million on two projects here south side ....

Brits flock to protaros ,napa and paphos ...in fact i predict with the lanuch of 3 IHOTELS IN CYPRUS A UPSURGE IN TOURISM BY 2008 ...I guarentee it ....

Less beds next year Oranos....Have you taken that into account..

[phoenix]

This is a very disjointed article indeed. It's as though the reporter was gleaning left over random thoughts one evening . . . much like we do . . . and tried to gel them together in what he thought may cause the most fear.

It's no-news news.

[oranos64]

they said that in the mid 90s ....the mojority of tourists now are german ,CIS and southern europeans .isrealis ....no shortage ..they demand high quality and business solutions ..and their own hotels ..this has been note and huge $$$$ projects are accounting for demand ...the isrealis especially want a place with no moslems etc ...they have just spent $75 million on two projects here south side ....

Brits flock to protaros ,napa and paphos ...in fact i predict with the lanuch of 3 IHOTELS IN CYPRUS A UPSURGE IN TOURISM BY 2008 ...I guarentee it ....

Less beds next year Oranos....Have you taken that into account..

bro ...Larnca is finished ...thats why ...there are like 3 hotels that it ..and they are shit ...larnaca is no longer a destination it was mainly the English cyps visitng their relatives who kept the market alieve here ...they are now gone ....a whole generation ...people are also time sharing houses instead ....hotels liek the sun hall are shit .....2 star dives ...larnaca is dead ..people want a good beach ..sorry none in limassol central and not really in larnaca ..

thats it ....if you want a good holiday ..bars ,restaurants ,clubs ,beaches good hotels ...hello napa and protoras and paphos ...

seriously ...then you have the way buy beaches ..the IHOTELS ..ARE STATE OF THE ART ..$450 a night one of the suites i saw ..and the dubhai holdings group have bought 5 ....cyprus tourism is not over its deversifying ...seriously ....in 3 years theyclient base will change

3 markets ...Business ,clubbing cheapo and family ...last 2 years business did not exist

in 2009 ...the Business expo forum is coming to south cyprus ...3000 business persons ...for 10 days ...isreali and arabs doing business ...what did you think they would stay in the princess 3 star hotel/ toilet ? .

[zan]

they said that in the mid 90s ....the mojority of tourists now are german ,CIS and southern europeans .isrealis ....no shortage ..they demand high quality and business solutions ..and their own hotels ..this has been note and huge $$$$ projects are accounting for demand ...the isrealis especially want a place with no moslems etc ...they have just spent $75 million on two projects here south side ....

Brits flock to protaros ,napa and paphos ...in fact i predict with the lanuch of 3 IHOTELS IN CYPRUS A UPSURGE IN TOURISM BY 2008 ...I guarentee it ....

Less beds next year Oranos....Have you taken that into account..

bro ...Larnca is finished ...thats why ...there are like 3 hotels that it ..and they are shit ...larnaca is no longer a destination it was mainly the English cyps visitng their relatives who kept the market alieve here ...they are now gone ....a whole generation ...people are also time sharing houses instead ....hotels liek the sun hall are shit .....2 star dives ...larnaca is dead ..people want a good beach ..sorry none in limassol central and not really in larnaca ..

thats it ....if you want a good holiday ..bars ,restaurants ,clubs ,beaches good hotels ...hello napa and protoras and paphos ...

seriously ...then you have the way buy beaches ..the IHOTELS ..ARE STATE OF THE ART ..$450 a night one of the suites i saw ..and the dubhai holdings group have bought 5 ....cyprus tourism is not over its deversifying ...seriously ....in 3 years theyclient base will change

3 markets ...Business ,clubbing cheapo and family ...last 2 years business did not exist

in 2009 ...the Business expo forum is coming to south cyprus ...3000 business persons ...for 10 days ...isreali and arabs doing business ...what did you think they would stay in the princess 3 star hotel/ toilet ? .

No probs bruv,,,But all the reports I am reading seems dire and the depression next year will have a lot to say on the matter as well....More banks destined for trouble and more Brits losing their homes.....Money is tightening up already. People with large mortgages re starting to panic. Doesn't look good.

[oranos64]

they said that in the mid 90s ....the mojority of tourists now are german ,CIS and southern europeans .isrealis ....no shortage ..they demand high quality and business solutions ..and their own hotels ..this has been note and huge $$$$ projects are accounting for demand ...the isrealis especially want a place with no moslems etc ...they have just spent $75 million on two projects here south side ....

Brits flock to protaros ,napa and paphos ...in fact i predict with the lanuch of 3 IHOTELS IN CYPRUS A UPSURGE IN TOURISM BY 2008 ...I guarentee it ....

Less beds next year Oranos....Have you taken that into account..

bro ...Larnca is finished ...thats why ...there are like 3 hotels that it ..and they are shit ...larnaca is no longer a destination it was mainly the English cyps visitng their relatives who kept the market alieve here ...they are now gone ....a whole generation ...people are also time sharing houses instead ....hotels liek the sun hall are shit .....2 star dives ...larnaca is dead ..people want a good beach ..sorry none in limassol central and not really in larnaca ..

thats it ....if you want a good holiday ..bars ,restaurants ,clubs ,beaches good hotels ...hello napa and protoras and paphos ...

seriously ...then you have the way buy beaches ..the IHOTELS ..ARE STATE OF THE ART ..$450 a night one of the suites i saw ..and the dubhai holdings group have bought 5 ....cyprus tourism is not over its deversifying ...seriously ....in 3 years theyclient base will change

3 markets ...Business ,clubbing cheapo and family ...last 2 years business did not exist

in 2009 ...the Business expo forum is coming to south cyprus ...3000 business persons ...for 10 days ...isreali and arabs doing business ...what did you think they would stay in the princess 3 star hotel/ toilet ? .

No probs bruv,,,But all the reports I am reading seems dire and the depression next year will have a lot to say on the matter as well....More banks destined for trouble and more Brits losing their homes.....Money is tightening up already. People with large mortgages re starting to panic. Doesn't look good.

bro ...i have already said 08 will be the year cyprus and europe come back down to earth...the homes in the sun deal is finished in cyprus ... but the $$$ coming here is now mainly coming from the CIS ...

i already explained that larnaca is finished as a destination ...their are now more apartments for sale on the sea front then hotel rooms

cyprus is going to go through a painful change .....sit back and watch ....

[zan]

they said that in the mid 90s ....the mojority of tourists now are german ,CIS and southern europeans .isrealis ....no shortage ..they demand high quality and business solutions ..and their own hotels ..this has been note and huge $$$$ projects are accounting for demand ...the isrealis especially want a place with no moslems etc ...they have just spent $75 million on two projects here south side ....

Brits flock to protaros ,napa and paphos ...in fact i predict with the lanuch of 3 IHOTELS IN CYPRUS A UPSURGE IN TOURISM BY 2008 ...I guarentee it ....

Less beds next year Oranos....Have you taken that into account..

bro ...Larnca is finished ...thats why ...there are like 3 hotels that it ..and they are shit ...larnaca is no longer a destination it was mainly the English cyps visitng their relatives who kept the market alieve here ...they are now gone ....a whole generation ...people are also time sharing houses instead ....hotels liek the sun hall are shit .....2 star dives ...larnaca is dead ..people want a good beach ..sorry none in limassol central and not really in larnaca ..

thats it ....if you want a good holiday ..bars ,restaurants ,clubs ,beaches good hotels ...hello napa and protoras and paphos ...

seriously ...then you have the way buy beaches ..the IHOTELS ..ARE STATE OF THE ART ..$450 a night one of the suites i saw ..and the dubhai holdings group have bought 5 ....cyprus tourism is not over its deversifying ...seriously ....in 3 years theyclient base will change

3 markets ...Business ,clubbing cheapo and family ...last 2 years business did not exist

in 2009 ...the Business expo forum is coming to south cyprus ...3000 business persons ...for 10 days ...isreali and arabs doing business ...what did you think they would stay in the princess 3 star hotel/ toilet ? .

No probs bruv,,,But all the reports I am reading seems dire and the depression next year will have a lot to say on the matter as well....More banks destined for trouble and more Brits losing their homes.....Money is tightening up already. People with large mortgages re starting to panic. Doesn't look good.

bro ...i have already said 08 will be the year cyprus and europe come back down to earth...the homes in the sun deal is finished in cyprus ... but the $$$ coming here is now mainly coming from the CIS ...

i already explained that larnaca is finished as a destination ...their are now more apartments for sale on the sea front then hotel rooms

cyprus is going to go through a painful change .....sit back and watch ....

I know you did but then you talk as if that did not matter.......Just a bit confusing thats all....

[miltiades]

they said that in the mid 90s ....the mojority of tourists now are german ,CIS and southern europeans .isrealis ....no shortage ..they demand high quality and business solutions ..and their own hotels ..this has been note and huge $$$$ projects are accounting for demand ...the isrealis especially want a place with no moslems etc ...they have just spent $75 million on two projects here south side ....

Brits flock to protaros ,napa and paphos ...in fact i predict with the lanuch of 3 IHOTELS IN CYPRUS A UPSURGE IN TOURISM BY 2008 ...I guarentee it ....

The OVERWHELMING majority of Tourists ARE BRITISH.
Where did you get the idea that is any other way. Have you looked at the government figures , or the flight arrivals at Larnaca and Paphos.
The British ARE the main supply of Tourist income , ask any Restaurateur , Hotel or shopkeeper.
The fact that the British are a major contributor to Cyprus's economy does not mean capitulation to the stupid British government , not only the current one but previous incompetent money grabbing title chasing scumbags who have reduced the once mighty UK to a third world country.
The behaviour of successive British governments is nothing short of a disgrace , the politicians are greedy assholes who inflict immense hardship on their own people by denigrating the British way of life and culture . Banks that fleece people , a con industry that is flourishing , dog eat dog , all the creations of incompetent politicians. We have become a nation of bloody Traffic wardens and third world cultures. You cant walk 50 yards without being spied upon , all to make money for the councils so that they can provide more assistance to Eastern European gypsies and third world immigrants. The UK politicians are primarily interested in the following:
1. Freebies and plenty of them.
2. As much money claimed for expenses as possible.
3. Accumulation of personal wealth
4. Even more money earned by chasing titles.
5.Sordid sex affairs , with whom it doesn't matter , where it happens of no importance .
6. Lies and lies and lies , Elect me so that I can provide for myself a secure future so that I can enjoy all of life's luxuries !!

Do I like politicians , Yes I do just as much as I like Traffic Wardens and bent coppers !!