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Tourism Boom: Cyprus Reaps €3.2 Billion In 2024

by News Editor
March 6, 2025

As Cyprus welcomes 2025, the island is reflecting on a successful year in tourism. According to the state statistical service, December 2024 marked a remarkable 17% increase in year-on-year tourism revenue, bringing in €86.9 million. This rise is a part of a larger trend, as total earnings for the year leaped to €3.2 billion, a 7.3% boost from 2023.

The data, rigorously compiled from traveller surveys, shows a promising uptick in tourism activities. Visitors, on average, spent €653.27 each in December 2024, an 8.7% rise compared to the previous year. This trend is further emphasized by the strong spending patterns of tourists from the UK, Israel, and Poland.

Notably, British tourists dominated December arrivals, contributing 23.7% of all tourists and spending an average of €64.12 per day. Their counterparts from Israel, making up 17.4% of visitors, spent significantly more, averaging €162.55 daily. Polish travelers, accounting for 9.4% of arrivals, spent an average of €72.17 per day.

These figures highlight a robust tourism sector that plays a pivotal role in the island’s economic landscape. This growth in tourism aligns with broader economic trends in Cyprus, suggesting a promising outlook for the coming year.

The AI Agent Revolution: Can the Industry Handle the Compute Surge?

by THEFUTURE.TEAM
March 28, 2025

As AI agents evolve from simple chatbots into complex, autonomous assistants, the tech industry faces a new challenge: Is there enough computing power to support them? With AI agents poised to become integral in various industries, computational demands are rising rapidly.

A recent Barclays report forecasts that the AI industry can support between 1.5 billion and 22 billion AI agents, potentially revolutionizing white-collar work. However, the increase in AI’s capabilities comes at a cost. AI agents, unlike chatbots, generate significantly more tokens—up to 25 times more per query—requiring far greater computing power.

Tokens, the fundamental units of generative AI, represent fragmented parts of language to simplify processing. This increase in token generation is linked to reasoning models, like OpenAI’s o1 and DeepSeek’s R1, which break tasks into smaller, manageable chunks. As AI agents process more complex tasks, the tokens multiply, driving up the demand for AI chips and computational capacity.

Barclays analysts caution that while the current infrastructure can handle a significant volume of agents, the rise of these “super agents” might outpace available resources, requiring additional chips and servers to meet demand. OpenAI’s ChatGPT Pro, for example, generates around 9.4 million tokens annually per subscriber, highlighting just how computationally expensive these reasoning models can be.

In essence, the tech industry is at a critical juncture. While AI agents show immense potential, their expansion could strain the limits of current computing infrastructure. The question is, can the industry keep up with the demand?

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