Cyprus Emerges as EU Tourism Powerhouse With Record Growth in 2024

by THEFUTURE.TEAM

October 19, 2025

Exceptional Growth Paves the Way

Cyprus has distinguished itself as the leading force in European tourism for 2024, recording the highest year-on-year growth rate in overnight stays among European Union member states. Eurostat confirmed a significant 14.5 percent increase in nights spent at Cypriot accommodation facilities compared with 2023, edging out Malta by a narrow margin, which posted a 14.4 percent increase.

EU Trends and Comparative Performance

While Cyprus and Malta set the pace at the top, other EU countries also registered notable gains. Latvia stood out with a 7.4 percent increase, contributing to an overall EU improvement where the total number of nights spent in tourist accommodations surpassed three billion for the first time. The EU as a whole experienced a modest growth of 2.7 percent in overnight stays in 2024 compared to the previous year.

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Domestic Versus International Impact

The growth in tourism was fueled predominantly by domestic travel, which accounted for 51.9 percent (1.57 billion nights) of the total visits across the EU. International travelers contributed 48.1 percent (1.45 billion nights), with a significant share of these visitors coming from other EU countries. Specifically, 61.6 percent of the international nights were recorded by tourists from within the Union, while visitors from other European countries accounted for 21.3 percent. Guests arriving from outside Europe, particularly North America, made up the largest portion of non-European travelers at 7.5 percent, followed by Asia at 4.9 percent, Central and South America at 2.3 percent, Oceania at 1.0 percent, and Africa at 0.8 percent.

Accommodation Dynamics and Sector Insight

The accommodation sector demonstrated varied trends with nearly two-thirds (62.8 percent) of all overnight stays taking place in hotels and similar establishments. Holiday rentals and short-stay apartments captured 23.7 percent of the market, whereas camping grounds, recreational vehicle parks, and trailer parks comprised the remaining 13.5 percent.

Conclusion: Strategic Opportunities Ahead

The robust performance of Cyprus underscores a broader European trend of rising tourism that is redefining travel dynamics across the Union. For industry stakeholders and policymakers, these figures offer a valuable barometer of market confidence and signal potential strategic opportunities to harness burgeoning tourism demands in both domestic and international markets.

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Copyright Law Struggles To Keep Up With AI Training

by News Editor

August 24, 2026

Courts Are Still Applying Old Copyright Rules To AI

AI companies train models on enormous amounts of published material, including books, articles and academic research. Whether using that content without authors’ permission violates copyright law remains unresolved.

Much of the debate centres on fair use, which allows copyrighted material to be used without permission in certain circumstances. Courts consider factors such as the purpose of the use, how much material was involved and its impact on the original market.

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Anthropic Case Sets An Important Precedent

A major case involving Anthropic and a group of authors provided one of the clearest rulings so far. Judge William Alsup found that using copyrighted books to train AI models was lawful, comparing the process to people reading and studying literature before creating something new.

Anthropic was nevertheless ordered to pay $1.5 billion in a settlement. The penalty concerned books the company had obtained from illegal online libraries rather than the AI training itself.

For AI companies, that distinction could prove significant because it separates studying copyrighted material from directly copying it.

Competition Could Be The Key Issue

A case involving Thomson Reuters and Ross Intelligence offers a different perspective. A court ruled that Ross could not claim fair use after using Reuters’ copyrighted material to develop a competing AI-powered legal research platform.

The decision suggests courts may be less willing to consider AI training fair use when copyrighted content is used to build a product that directly competes with the original.

For authors, an unresolved question is whether AI-generated content should be considered competition for the works used to train these models.

The Law Has Yet To Catch Up

US copyright law predates generative AI by decades, leaving courts to apply old principles to new technology. Questions also remain over copyright protection for AI-generated works. In Thaler v. Perlmutter, a court ruled that material created entirely by AI cannot receive copyright protection.

Major AI companies remain involved in copyright litigation, and different courts could reach different conclusions. For now, there is no universal rule: the legality of AI training will depend on the circumstances of each case and how courts ultimately interpret copyright and fair use.

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