THE CYPRUS Tourism Organisation (CTO) has jumped back on the Atlantis bandwagon by again becoming one of the sponsors for the second expedition to search for the lost city by American Robert Sarmast.
It is not known how much the CTO has given for the new expedition, but the tourism organisation donated £10,000 for the first expedition in 2004.
The Cyprus Mail has learned that rumours the Turkish Cypriot authorities were willing to invest in the expedition were what prompted the government and the CTO to beat them to it, lest the north benefit by supporting Sarmast.

On May 3, Sarmast’s website announced he would be attending Atlantis festivities at the Eastern Mediterranean University in the north.
A week later it announced that “due to the political situation in Cyprus, Robert has cancelled his participation in the Atlantis Festival”.
Sarmast, author of Discovery of Atlantis: The Startling Case for the Island of Cyprus, said this week that he would be today revealing the results of last year’s expedition to the world for the first time, showing the sonar scans of what he believes are manmade structures one mile below water.

He will also announce the support by the CTO and the partnership with TMC, a Hollywood production company that is to produce an Atlantis documentary. He will launch the second expedition later this year, “where the structures on the seafloor will be shown live to a global audience”.
Sarmast believes he located the remains of the legendary civilisation during a much-publicised expedition launched late last year. His says his book was based on the writings of Plato.

It is believed the CTO was impressed with his findings and decided to take the plunge for the second expedition. The Atlantis search has also given extensive publicity to Cyprus globally, much more than the CTO could have bought through standard advertising campaigns.
 

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