The generous Israeli: in a popular destination they checked who spends the most – and we are in first place
The Israeli presence in Cyprus is breaking records: last July, one in five tourists on the island was Israeli. Now it turns out that we also stand out in our wallets – with an average daily expenditure of 174.27 euros per tourist, more than any other nationality included in the reliable data published.
Israelis arriving in Cyprus do not stay for long – but while they are there, they spend more than anyone else. New data published by the Central Statistical Service of Cyprus reveals that a tourist from Israel spent an average of 174.27 euros per day in June, the highest amount among the countries for which reliable data was published. For comparison, a Polish tourist spent 84.37 euros per day and a British tourist 103.98 euros.
However, the high daily expenditure tells only part of the story. Israelis stayed in Cyprus in June for an average of only 3.9 days, compared to 8.2 days for the entire tourism market. Therefore, the total expenditure for an Israeli tourist during the vacation stood at 679.65 euros – lower than the general average, which reached 863.62 euros per tourist. The gap compared to some nationalities is particularly striking: an Israeli tourist spent in June almost three times more than an American tourist, who spent 62.17 euros per day, more than twice as much as a Greek tourist, who spent 76.63 euros, and almost 2.5 times more than a Finnish tourist, who spent 70.73 euros. Even the Norwegians, who are relatively high in the ranking with an average daily expenditure of 143.28 euros, remained behind the Israelis.
According to the new report, in June 80,343 tourists from Israel arrived in Cyprus, accounting for 16.4% of all tourists on the island and placing Israel in second place among source markets, after the UK. In July, the Israeli presence strengthened even further: 119,293 Israelis visited the island, 20.5% of all tourists – meaning, approximately one in five tourists in Cyprus that month was Israeli. For comparison, in 2025 as a whole, Israelis were 13% of all tourists in Cyprus – approximately one in eight. Israel was ranked then as well as the second largest tourism market on the island, after the UK.
The figure for July of this year illustrates the great weight of Israeli tourism in Cyprus during the summer months. In total, Cyprus's revenues from tourism in June amounted to 423.1 million euros, a slight increase of 0.2% compared to June of last year. In the first half of 2026, revenues from tourism amounted to 1.22 billion euros, a decrease of 11.4% compared to the corresponding period last year.
