Egypt among top-five African destinations for tourism

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Egypt got a mention in the top-five African holiday destinations, according to the Financial Times’ list.

Egypt's tourism revenues were between $3.5 billion to $4 billion during the first half of 2021.

The country received around 3.5 million tourists during the first six months of 2021.

Numbers of tourists are expected to increase by 45% to 60% during the next period compared with last year.

In May, Tourism Minister Khaled El Anany said that tourism revenues are expected to reach between $6 billion and $9 billion in 2021 due to the rise in arrivals from Eastern European and Gulf tourists.

With visitors numbers having risen to about 500,000 a month, Egypt is hoping for a total of more than 6 million tourists this year.

Earlier in May, the minister announced that Egypt’s tourism sector is expected to see recovery by mid-2022.

In April, Deputy Tourism Minister Ghada Shalaby said that Egypt expects to see tourism revenues between $6 billion to $7 billion in 2021 with tourist arrivals recovering to 60% of 2019 levels.

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