Pissouri offers an exquisite landscape, where the most beautiful colors of nature, green and blue, namely the mountain and the sea, are harmonically combined mesmerizing all visitors. The beauty of the site in combination with the active concern of community and private bodies motivated the development and the growth of Pissouri. The progress of the village is simultaneously manifested on a tourist and a residential level. It is worth mentioning that Pissouri is one of the destinations that meet the standards of a modern visitor, since it offers hospitable lodging, places for entertainment and one of the most clean and organized beaches. Let us have a closer look of this development.    

Initially, it must be noted that the community council, within the frame of its attempts for tourist development, has upgraded its tourist services, the projection and promotion of the village, the reservation of its cultural heritage, and the completion and design of projects within these parameters, such as embellishment of the beach with the construction of sidewalks and afforestation along the coast.

The deep blue see and the clean coast of Pissouri in combination with development projects near the coast, achieve to attract a big number of visitors. The Pissouri beach extends from Aspros cape until the “Maurorotsos” area. The beach is awarded with the European Blue flag. This means that the beach meets the European standards of cleanliness and organization. More explicitly, the beach meets the standards of modern visitors since it is equipped with changing rooms, showers, toilettes, rentals such as reclining chairs and umbrellas. What is more, all visitors can enjoy several sea sports, such as ski, boards and sea bicycles.          

The two luxury hotels add to the tourist growth of the beach. These are Columbia and Columbia Resort, and they annually host a great number of Cypriot and foreign visitors. Additionally, the beach is an all time classic since is offers practical shops like a bank, supermarket and tavernas with delightful meals.

The growing number of tourists is combined with the offered entertainment and rest variety. For instance, visitors can spend their time in pubs, tavernas, restaurants, pizzerias. During the summer, visitors can enjoy music and dancing in the village square. What is more, they can relax and enjoy their free time in several resorts, such as little houses and appatrments, apart from the two aforementioned hotels. 

Pissouri is the ideal destination for all who seek knowledge through culture, since it is located near the archaeological sites of Palaipahos and Kourio. Qualitative tourism in Pissouri will probably develop within the next years, since the policy of the community council will include “maintenance of cultural heritage by preserving old traditional houses and by creating of traditional pedestrian precincts”.

As mentioned earlier, residential and tourist growth in Pissouri seem to follow a parallel route. According to the developmental survey conducted by the community of Pissouri, the housing growth rate in 2004-2005 is estimated to have reached 61%. The residential development in the village is primarily owed to the continuous effort for upgrade regarding the quality of life. Representative of this tendency is the policy of the community council to help the “social and financial prosperity of the inhabitants” of Pissouri and the neighboring villages. This policy helps attract more young people to live there and preserve the existing inhabitants. Locals and foreigners build houses. It is worth mentioning that the planning of constructing new houses and buildings is continuous.

To sum up, residential and tourist growth in Pissouri is evident. It does not, however, denatures its local character and its natural beauty. This saltation in growth will continue its course due to the will of community and private bodies.

Sources:
Developmental Survey conducted by Pissouri Communtiy Council
Member of Community Council