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Short-term rentals in Protaras

Protaras has 5,996 tracked short-term rental listings in myDataValue's November 2026 snapshot, 3,704 on Airbnb and 2,292 on Booking.com. That makes it the largest of 14 short-term rental markets across Cyprus, with 62% of its listings on Airbnb. 45% of supply is run by professional operators, above the median market's 18%, led by BMA Cyprus Holiday Group Ltd (445 listings). Counts are tracked public listings, not total supply.

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Tracked listings
5,996
Market rank
#1 / 14
National share
24%
Named professional operators
25

Airbnb vs Booking.com in Protaras

In Protaras, Airbnb leads with 3,704 listings (62%), versus 2,292 on Booking.com (38%).

Where the listings are in Protaras

The dots are a representative sample of tracked short-term rentals — Airbnb in red and Booking.com in blue. Zoom and pan to explore the market, or open the full report for filters, operator overlays, and the listing-level view.

Airbnb Booking.com 250 sampled locations from 5,996 tracked listings — open the full interactive report

Market structure in Protaras

Airbnb supply is more professionalised than Booking.com's: 48% of Airbnb listings sit with operators of that size, against 41% on Booking.com. The 25 named professional operators run 1,923 local listings between them, and the three largest — BMA Cyprus Holiday Group Ltd, I.V.R. Imagine Villa Rentals LTD and MyExclusive Villas — account for 56% of that. The other 795 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.

Professional share
45%
Median market
18%
Single-listing hosts
20%

Listings by operator portfolio size

Tracked listings grouped by how many properties their operator runs — from single hosts to 26+ professionals.

  • Single listing 1,193
  • 2–5 listings 983
  • 6–25 listings 1,102
  • 26+ (professional) 2,718

Listings by property type

Houses, cottages & holiday homes make up 58% of Protaras' classified listings, followed by Apartments & flats (35%).

  • Houses, cottages & holiday homes 3,480
  • Apartments & flats 2,087
  • Hotels & hostels 283
  • Private & shared rooms 71
  • B&Bs & guest houses 65
  • Unique & outdoor 10

Largest operators in Protaras

Ranked by local tracked listings across Airbnb and Booking.com. Scores and portfolio review totals are aggregated across each operator's tracked Cyprus listings. Together, the table and directory cover every professional operator we track in this market.

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Largest operators in Protaras, ranked by local tracked listings.
# Operator Listings Airbnb score Booking.com score Portfolio reviews
1 BMA Cyprus Holiday Group Ltd 445 4.60 / 5 8.7 / 10 3,776
2 I.V.R. Imagine Villa Rentals LTD 439 4.66 / 5 8.7 / 10 2,805
3 MyExclusive Villas 196 4.65 / 5 8.8 / 10 2,071
4 La Mer Villa Holidays 160 4.54 / 5 8.7 / 10 996
5 STAY Short Lets 113 4.32 / 5 8.0 / 10 2,865
6 Sunseapria Limited 83 4.78 / 5 8.9 / 10 980
7 Your.Rentals 80 4.48 / 5 8.4 / 10 927
8 Ezoria Villas 62 4.69 / 5 8.9 / 10 2,969
9 Luxel Villas 55 4.89 / 5 9.4 / 10 1,265
10 V.G. SUPERLUX SEAVILLAS 4 RENT LTD 48 4.66 / 5 9.0 / 10 259

Operators enter the index after reaching 26 listings across Cyprus and count Protaras among their markets. See the full interactive Protaras market report for additional filters and operator comparisons.

How Protaras compares

Protaras ranks first of 14 tracked markets in Cyprus, with 24% of tracked supply in this coverage. Markets of similar size:

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Protaras market FAQ

How many short-term rentals are in Protaras?

Protaras has 5,996 short-term rental listings as of November 2026: 3,704 on Airbnb and 2,292 on Booking.com.

Who is the largest short-term rental operator in Protaras?

The largest professional operator in Protaras is BMA Cyprus Holiday Group Ltd, with 445 local listings.

How professionalised is the Protaras short-term rental market?

45% of Protaras' listings (2,718 of 5,996) are run by operators with 26 or more listings, above the median of 14 markets across Cyprus (18%). Airbnb supply is more professionalised than Booking.com's: 48% of Airbnb listings sit with operators of that size, against 41% on Booking.com. The 25 named professional operators run 1,923 local listings between them, and the three largest — BMA Cyprus Holiday Group Ltd, I.V.R. Imagine Villa Rentals LTD and MyExclusive Villas — account for 56% of that. The other 795 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.

Is Airbnb or Booking.com bigger in Protaras?

In Protaras, Airbnb leads with 3,704 listings (62%), versus 2,292 on Booking.com (38%).

How many professional operators run listings in Protaras?

25 named professional operators run listings in Protaras. The full roster is listed on this page, and the interactive market report maps every listing.

About this data

Figures come from myDataValue's cross-platform market snapshot of 5,996 public short-term rental listings in Protaras, matching Airbnb and Booking.com supply to the operators who run it. Operators enter the index after reaching 26 listings on Airbnb or Booking.com across Cyprus. Snapshot dates: Airbnb , Booking.com .

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