Would you go to Cyprus

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Due to go to Cyprus mid August. Would you go? Seeing stuff on the news that is worrying me but no idea whether it’s just the media scaremongering.

It’s very, very likely to be fine, but it’s also very, very close to a potential war zone.

If I had an existing holiday booked, I’d probably go unless things got very significantly worse, but if I hadn’t already booked, I’d probably choose somewhere else this year.

No because of the tarantula thread here from the other night

Same here. Just going to watch the travel information for now.

Yes we’re going, not worried at all

Yes definitely, unless the FCO advised against it, which is very unlikely.

It’s a beautiful country with lovely people and amazing food.

😂

I ruled it out for this year's holiday, going to the Canaries instead. However the risks will be tiny and if I were already booked and paid I am sure I would still go.

Booked for September but can cancel up to a week before with no charge.

Waiting on booking flights tho.

What are the risks here that people are worried about? Would Turkey be in similar risks?

No.

Came on to say this

We’re in a similar position, due to go to Turkey in October and really unsure what to do. I think if it was closer and I’d paid the full balance I’d go, the FCO would stop people travelling if they thought it necessary.

I would plan to go as normal. If it's a package like Tui they would cancel if any threat and offer a refund or new location.

DS going this week. And we are going to Turkey. The news is stressful but unless FCO advice changes, we will be going.

It’s so difficult to predict how things will develop. That bloody turnip in the White House is making the world ever less safe.

No to Cyprus and Turkey.

Yes.

I am going to Cyprus.

Where teenage girls get put in prison for being gang raped while the rapists get to go home?

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-51026133

Never and the day after never would I ever go there.

I would go, but probably not take the kids

I would go. The world is an increasingly turbulent place, if Cyprus/Turkey are attacked all hell will break loose regardless of where you are.

It’s not a package so flights and villa separate.

We are booked and will be going unless anything changes drastically before then.

I’m not sure why you wouldn’t go. An EU member state with two British bases on it is not getting drawn into Israel/Iran.

Cyprus is flipping great. It has been in a major dispute with Türkiye since 1974. You can’t see the manned checkpoints and border posts from most of the coastal results but they’re definitely there. Nobody stopped going when Cyprus was in an active conflict so I can’t imagine why they’d stop when it isn’t.

Going to Turkey in just under 3 weeks. Already nervous as it will be my first time abroad on my own with my children and I am a terrible flyer. Now this to worry about as well I wish I hadn’t opened this thread I thought my worries were irrational but seeing people saying they wouldn’t go is scaring me a lot.

US and British planes are being sent from Cyprus based into the war, so those bases could easily become a target.

My parents owned a house in Cyprus and we would spend a lot of time there when I was a child. I remember being a teenager swimming in the pool as the Gulf War got underway and seeing all the jets and naval ships going straight past.

Cyprus is in a very strategic position and some of the missiles fired between Israel and Iran were visible from Cyprus. A friend who lives there sent me a video the other day.

Personally I would wait a few more weeks and see what happens and then decide.