The number of tourists who travelled to Egypt in July was 529,200 tourists—a 41.9% decline year-over-year (y-o-y), compared to July 2015, according the Central Agency for Public Mobilisation and Statistics (CAPMAS).
The agency explained in its monthly bulletin on the tourism sector, issued on Monday, that the low number of tourists who travelled to Egypt from Russia caused the significant decline. The number of Russian tourists dropped by 60%, followed tourists from the United Kingdom with a 17.5% decline; Germany by 10.4%, and Poland by 3.8% y-o-y.
The report added that tourists from the Middle East accounted for 37.3% of arrivals, with …read more
Source: Daily News Egypt
