Larnaca plans ambitious upgrades for tourists and local residents
MULTI-MILLION plans concerning 15 ambitious development plans, which promise to change the face of Larnaca are in the works over the next five years, the town's tourism board made public yesterday.
"Over the next five years Larnaca will get a new trendy image, making it as a very meaningful tourist destination with excellent infrastructure, superstructure and quality services with amenities for local people and tourists,"
said Larnaca Tourism Board chief Dinos Lefkaritis, who is also head of the Larnaca Chamber of Commerce.
"These projects are expected to produce a new dynamic," Lefkaritis however stressed out the need for project deadlines to be kept for the huge five-year venture to be accomplished.
Larnaca has for years been in many respects ‘tourism‘s underdog' as most travellers saw it simply as the locality where the airfield was located rather than a holiday destination in its own right.
But the tourism board which is made up of involved organizations such as the Chamber of Commerce, the Cyprus Tourism Organisation, the Cyprus Hotels Association and the Association of Cyprus Travel Agents among others, yesterday launched a the new guide setting out 15 new projects that will be completed over the next five years.
"Although Larnaca has always offered plenty to both its residents and tourists, this is being further improved with a host of changes the town has recently undergone and will undergo," the board said in its briefing.
"Big investments such as the new international airport and the creation of three town squares – amongst others – have been a welcome addition, but Larnaca has even bigger plans. Thanks to these changes, Larnaca's future has never looked brighter."
The initiatives include such well-known developments as the new marina with some lesser known projects such as the revamp of Piale Pashia, a walkway between Pyla and Voroklini and an ecological centre at the Salt Lake,
A spokesman at the board was yesterday reluctant to put a figure on the total cost of the 15 developments. "Some are just approximate budgets and for others the budget has not been worked out yet," the spokesman said. But it is known that the marina project alone could come in at over €80 million.
The Larnaca Tourism Board created in 2008 to promote Larnaca as a holiday destination and to offer new initiatives to attract visitors. "The Larnaca Tourism Board has been working tirelessly to improve Larnaca and its offerings since its inception, and with so many positive modifications on the way, it won't be long before this already-popular destination becomes a firm favourite for all," the board said. See the 15 proposed projects with dates for completion and check out our Homes for sale in Cyprus
"Over the next five years Larnaca will get a new trendy image, making it as a very meaningful tourist destination with excellent infrastructure, superstructure and quality services with amenities for local people and tourists,"
said Larnaca Tourism Board chief Dinos Lefkaritis, who is also head of the Larnaca Chamber of Commerce.
"These projects are expected to produce a new dynamic," Lefkaritis however stressed out the need for project deadlines to be kept for the huge five-year venture to be accomplished.
Larnaca has for years been in many respects ‘tourism‘s underdog' as most travellers saw it simply as the locality where the airfield was located rather than a holiday destination in its own right.
But the tourism board which is made up of involved organizations such as the Chamber of Commerce, the Cyprus Tourism Organisation, the Cyprus Hotels Association and the Association of Cyprus Travel Agents among others, yesterday launched a the new guide setting out 15 new projects that will be completed over the next five years.
"Although Larnaca has always offered plenty to both its residents and tourists, this is being further improved with a host of changes the town has recently undergone and will undergo," the board said in its briefing.
"Big investments such as the new international airport and the creation of three town squares – amongst others – have been a welcome addition, but Larnaca has even bigger plans. Thanks to these changes, Larnaca's future has never looked brighter."
The initiatives include such well-known developments as the new marina with some lesser known projects such as the revamp of Piale Pashia, a walkway between Pyla and Voroklini and an ecological centre at the Salt Lake,
A spokesman at the board was yesterday reluctant to put a figure on the total cost of the 15 developments. "Some are just approximate budgets and for others the budget has not been worked out yet," the spokesman said. But it is known that the marina project alone could come in at over €80 million.
The Larnaca Tourism Board created in 2008 to promote Larnaca as a holiday destination and to offer new initiatives to attract visitors. "The Larnaca Tourism Board has been working tirelessly to improve Larnaca and its offerings since its inception, and with so many positive modifications on the way, it won't be long before this already-popular destination becomes a firm favourite for all," the board said. See the 15 proposed projects with dates for completion and check out our Homes for sale in Cyprus
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