The development of agrotourism in Cyprus The challenges facing the tourism industry in Cyprus have not gone unrecognised by the authorities. In mid-1980s, when it became evident that the development of tourism was becoming, in a sense, too successful, measures were introduced to re-focus the direction and scale of tourism development away from the burgeoning coastal resorts. In particular, policies were introduced which aimed to encourage tourism development in the traditional hill resorts, backed …showed first 75 words of 1014 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1014 total…indication of the true success of the agrotourism project as measured against its objectives. For example, the apparently healthy number of guestnights disguises a relatively small increase in low average occupancy rates across all accommodation establishments, from 21 per cent in 1997 to 23.5 per cent in 1998. Indeed, as the following evidence suggests, the development of agrotourism in Cyprus faces a number of problems which potentially militate against its potential as a rural development and tourism diversification policy.