Taxi fare gouging at Cypriot airports

Visitors arriving astatine Cyprus’ airports accidental they are being asked to wage unusually precocious taxi fares precocious astatine night.

At Larnaca Airport, 1 woman traveling with children said a operator told her there were nary buses until greeting and offered to take them to a adjacent village for 300 euros, aboriginal lowering the terms to €200. She declined, aboriginal uncovering that buses were successful information available from the terminal.

In Paphos, travelers said some drivers were asking €70 to €80 for trips into the metropolis astatine night. Tourists who tried to use nationalist transport alternatively said they recovered nary buses moving astatine that time.

According to the Cyprus Tourism Organization, some indicative fares for the nighttime tariff (8.30 p.m. to 6 a.m.) for a four-passenger vehicle are from Larnaca Airport to Nicosia €47.37, to Larnaca metropolis halfway €11.59, to Ayia Napa €51.88, to Protaras €59.70, and to Limassol €63.86. From Paphos Airport to the metropolis halfway it’s €16.77, to Limassol €54.26, and to Nicosia €124.21.

There are special vacation fares for 10 days per year (around Easter, Christmas and New Year’s, and connected May 1), while there is simply a 20% surcharge for a five-passenger vehicle and a 40% 1 for six passengers.