Egypt targets $6-9bn in tourism revenues during 2021
Published 29 May,2021 via Daily News Egypt - Egypt expects to see tourism revenues of $6-9bn in 2021, with the majority of tourist arrivals coming from Eastern Europe and the Gulf, according to Minister of Tourism and Antiquities Khaled El-Anani.
Speaking on the side-lines of a tourism conference held in Saudi Arabia, Bloomberg quoted the minister as saying, “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.”
El-Anani added that over 60% of current tourism arrivals to Egypt are from Eastern Europe or the former Soviet Union, while 20% are from the Gulf.
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