Cyprus to let in Brits with COVID vaccine from May 1

FILE PHOTO: Cyprus Deputy Tourism Minister Savvas Perdios speaks during an interview with Reuters in his office in Nicosia, Cyprus June 3, 2020. REUTERS/Yiannis Kourtoglou

NICOSIA (Reuters) - Cyprus will allow British tourists who have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 into the country without restrictions from May 1, its tourism minister said on Thursday.

British visitors are the largest market for Cyprus's tourism industry, which has suffered from the coronavirus pandemic. Arrivals and earnings from the sector, which represents about 13% of the Cypriot economy, plunged on average 85% in 2020.