He said that hotel occupancy in this province in the south and southeast of the island, fell by 15% in July compared to the same period last year. The figures for the first third of August are within similar limits: the number of booked rooms in hotels in the Larnaca region amounted to 75% of the maximum occupancy compared to 90% last year. Poliviou said that Israelis account for the largest share of the visitors to the province, followed by the British, Germans, Poles and Greeks. Although anti-Russian sanctions persist, Cypriots are making considerable efforts to ensure that an increasing number of Russians have additional incentives to spend their holidays on the island. As a result, local media recorded an increase in the number of tourists from Russia to Cyprus both last and this year.