Tourism in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) has started to recover from the pandemic, the latest figures released by the Tourism Ministry have revealed.

According to statistics recorded by the Tourism and Planning Department, the occupancy rate at hotels and resorts has gone up in the first ten months of 2021.

While the occupancy rate for hotels from January to October last year was 18.9 per cent this figure has gone up to 27 per cent in 2021.

The occupancy rate for October this year stood at 40.7 per cent showing a 943.6 per cent increase compared to the same period the previous year.