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Tassos Yiasemidis: Promoting Sports Tourism in Cyprus

Published December 29, 2025, 05:10
Tassos Yiasemidis: Promoting Sports Tourism in Cyprus

The Managing Director of KPMG Paphos, Tassos Yiasemidis, emphasized the importance of tourism to the Cypriot economy, noting that 2025 is expected to be a good year for the sector. Mr. Yiasemidis referred to the need to develop alternative forms of tourism, such as medical, sports, conference, and religious tourism, beyond the traditional one. In particular, he highlighted the potential of sports tourism, which can attract athletes, teams, spectators, journalists, and other professionals in the field. He distinguished between active (participation in sports) and passive (watching sporting events) sports tourism, as well as tourism related to sporting events and visits to sports attractions. The recent successful hosting of a EuroBasket group in Cyprus is a positive example, while Paphos is presented as an ideal destination for the development of sports tourism.