Number of August tourists in Egypt down 45pct against 2015; experts optimistic for 2017

The number of tourists visiting Egypt declined 45 percent in August 2016 compared to the same month last year, as the number of Russian holidayers in the country remains more than halved, state's official statistics body CAPMAS announced on Sunday.
The total number of tourists who arrived in Egypt during August registered 503,000, 47 percent of whom came from Arab countries, CAPMAS said in an e-mailed press release.

The number of tourists who visited Egypt in August 2015 was 915,200.

The average stay of a tourist reached 6.4 nights during August 2016 versus 9 nights during the same month in 2015, CAPMAS said.