In the first six months of 2022, 79 thousand 49 people came to the TRNC in April, 129 thousand 342 in May and 120 thousand 320 in June, by air and sea. The number of people, excluding TRNC nationals, who entered the island by land, was determined as 2 million 42 thousand 920.
TRNC Central Bank 2022 Second Quarter Report has been published. According to the report, in the first six months of 2022, the pre-epidemic levels started to be approached.
At the end of June 2022, transportation was at the head of the expenditure groups with the highest annual price increase with 169.47 percent.
Due to the continuation of the measures taken against the coronavirus epidemic, the number of passengers continued to be low.
The number of passengers arriving in the country by air and sea was 79 thousand 49 in April 2022, 129 thousand 342 in May and 120 thousand 320 in June.
While the number of people excluding TRNC nationals entering the island by land was 146 thousand 21 in the first six months of 2021, this figure increased to 2 million 42 thousand 920 in the first six months of 2022.
In the first six months of 2019, which is the pre-epidemic period, the total entry of people passing through the land gates of Southern Cyprus was 1 million 115 thousand 28, while in the first six months of 2022, this figure increased to 1 million 298 thousand 17, exceeding the total number of entries before the epidemic.
