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Cyprus travel warning as Foreign Office changes advice again

BySpotted UK

Oct 22, 2023

People planning to travel to Cyprus have been given a new warning from the UK's Foreign Office.

The government department provides regular news and updates for people travelling to any one of a total of 226 countries and territories. More than a million people visit Cyprus from the UK each year and on Wednesday official guidance for travel to and from the nation changed.

An alert on Gov.uk is urging people to get to certain airports earlier due to the current situation in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories.

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The update reads: "Due to the current situation in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories, the airport operator is advising passengers flying out of Larnaca and Paphos airports to arrive at their terminals at least 3 hours before their flight’s scheduled departure time."

People travelling to Cyprus with a UK passport are also being reminded that your passport must have been issued less than ten years before the date you enter the country, and valid for at least 3 months after the day you plan to leave.

You must check your passport meets these requirements before you travel. If your passport was issued before October 1, 2018, extra months may have been added to its expiry date.

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