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Cyprus Agrotourism

The Agrotourism programme in Cyprus. 

In Cyprus there are 380 rural villages. The need for agrotourism in Cyprus, was born quite late. 
In 1996 an Agrotourism Company was established by the Cyprus Tourism Organization (CTO) for the better co-ordination of agrotourism properties. Today, there are about 58 lodgings in Cyprus agrotourism. 

The basis of the program was the revitalisation of the countryside and reversal of urban trend. This was to be achieved by creating a tourism infrastructure of high caliber and encouraging new entrepreneurial activities in rural area of Cyprus; also providing the inhabitants of the countryside a chance to get involved with the program, by protecting and enhancing built heritage, culture and tradition.

The general idea of agrotourism is to experience a different 
ecological way of holidays in nature, tasting local flavours, delicacies and wine, learning about the tradition of a different culture and the history of the villages, witnessing a different prospect of  Christmas, easter and other local celebrations, participating in traditional village events such as weddings and local festivals or following an untouched nature trail to the heart of Cyprus' wildlife. The options provided to you by agro-visiting are endless.  

A visitor in an agrotourism lodgin in cyprus can really experience an unforgetable holiday, enjoying the hospitality and friendliness of the villagers and getting involved with the original (just as our granfathers knew it) Cypriot life. 

Cyprus lies at the crossroads of three continents: Europe, Asia and Africa, in the north eastern Mediterranean Sea. 
The population is around 700000.