outside looking in
means queuing for at least 60 minutes. Sometimes there are 2-3 flights leaving at the same…
Work it out!
• More signs in Russian. Why not make life
easier for Russian-speaking visitors? Is there any
shame in a tourist country being multilingual?
Limassol did this many years ago and it really
helps. Today, if a Russian tourist enters any
store on the seafront, he will find at least one
Russian-speaking assistant. Most of the hotels
and restaurants have special Russian menus.
You’ll see Russian signs everywhere in town. It
is not a matter of fashion. It is matter of practicality. If you want to sell more to your visitors, speak their language. Agia Napa, Nicosia,
and other places that are visited by thousands
of Russian tourists should follow Limassol’s
example.
• Clean beaches. Russians come here for the
sun and the beach. This is the most important
element of their holidays. The Cypriot authorities would be horrified if they saw how many
complaints there are on the Internet! People
upload pictures of dirty streets and beaches,
offensive signs, mountains of rubbish in the
middle of tourist areas... This is very negative
PR for the country and people believe what
they see because it comes from ordinary travellers who have seen the world and can