Continuing the lifting of a lockdown aimed at preventing the spread of the COVID-19 Coronavirus - ending a night curfew too - Cyprus has ceased a required 14-day quarantine for arrivals in favor of self-isolation, the Transport Ministry said. People who are already quarantined in hotels will move to their homes for the remaining days of their isolation. The number of days of self-isolation depends on the country they come from, reported The Cyprus Mail. According to the ministry, the transfer from the hotels can be made by relatives, or other personal arrangements can be made while those without transportation will be picked up by bus from their hotel and taken to the central bus station of the district they live in. Transfers from the airport to hotels will continue to be organized by the government but transport from hotels to other accommodation will not be offered and has to be arranged by the travelers, the ministry added. While the country is eager to visitors again once international air traffic resumes in force, hotels and the tourist sector will have to meet strict hygiene protocols to prevent a resurgence of the virus as the government wants to keep the economy afloat. But tourists from a critical market - the former Colonial ruler the United Kingdom - won’t be welcome yet as that government was slow to react to the pandemic and cases are still prevalent there, raising worries British visitors could bring the virus with them. The airports will open on June 9 but visitors from the UK remain barred, for now, said the British newspaper The Sun. Cyprus’ Deputy Minister of Tourism Savvas Perdios told an online conference that authorities expect “a full containment of the virus” as an early lockdown on the island helped hold down the number of cases while the UK was accused of reacting too slowly. Cypriot Transport Minister Yiannis Karousos said the government had decided to grant access to 19 countries with similarly low infection rates. Read more at thenationalherald.com RELATED TOPICS: Greece, Greek tourism news, Tourism in Greece, Greek islands, Hotels in Greece, Travel to Greece, Greek destinations, Greek travel market, Greek tourism statistics, Greek tourism report Photo Source: Wikimedia Commons License: CC-BY-SA Copyright: AyianapaProtaras Let's block ads! (Why?)