The tourism movement coming to Egypt declined by 40% from 2015 to 2016
due to the suspension of Russian trips to Egypt since early November.
The authority asked the Egyptian Travel Agents Association to get ready
to participate in the exhibition and to coordinate with the authority to
increase the tourism flow coming to Egypt, especially from the German market.
For the third consecutive year, the Egyptian Tourist Authority kept the
price of participation with no increase, according to the official, adding that
the price of participation is €1,350, compared to €2,350 two years ago, in
spite of the increase of the cost of reserving the section in the exhibition.
The incoming tourism flow to Egypt retreated the last year to 5.3
million tourists compared to 9.3 million in 2015—a decline of 40%—due to the
suspension of Russian trips to Egypt since early November 2015.
The official said that the cost of participation serves the interest of
Egypt’s tourism sector in the end, in order to enable the companies to be
present in the exhibition. The official expects the number of tourists coming from Germany during
this year to reach about 800,000, given the resumption of trips from Germany in
the last quarter.
He added that the expenditure of German tourists ranges between $70-80
per night, and that they are among the most important tourists coming to Egypt
throughout the last 10 years. The most important tourist areas for Germans are both Hurghada and Sharm
El-Sheikh, besides trips to archeological areas in Luxor and Aswan.
