2023-09-27 15:45:41
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Egyptian Minister of Tourism, Ahmed Issa, said that his country is looking forward to doubling the number of tourists during the next five years.
In his statements to the Associated Press, Issa said that Egypt aims to reach 30 million visitors by 2028, as the country’s tourism sector recovers from the repercussions of the Corona pandemic and the Russian-Ukrainian war.
Issa said in the interview: “We are witnessing an unparalleled and unprecedented demand for travel to Egypt.”
Egypt received 10 million tourists in the first eight months of this year, according to what the minister said, noting that it is “on the right track to achieve regarding 15 million tourists this year, which will be a record year for the tourism industry.”
This sector is a major source of foreign currency in Egypt, which suffers from financial distress. Last year, tourism revenues rose to $10.7 billion, up from regarding $5 billion in 2021, according to the Central Bank of Egypt.
The government’s plan focuses on what the Tourism Minister calls the “supply side,” which includes increasing the number of hotel rooms in the country and seats on flights to Egypt by more than 30 percent annually, as well as encouraging more private sector investment in the tourism sector.
Issa said that 25,000 hotel rooms will be added to Egypt’s current capacity of regarding 210,000 rooms. He said such an increase would help the government achieve its goal of 18 million tourist visits in 2024.
He added, “This will be the fastest growth in (hotel) rooms in Egypt during the past twenty years.”
It is noteworthy that Egypt achieved the highest rates of attracting tourism in 2010, at the level of 14 million tourists.
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