Egypt expected to bounce back in tourism in 2017

The Egyptian Tourism Authority is predicting 2017 as a year of growth from the UK following the launch of a new flight between Heathrow and Luxor and consumer research showing a demand from British people looking for better value holidays in 2017.

The Egyptian minister of tourism, Yehia Rashed, speaking at London’s World Travel Market said a tourism recovery strategy for Egypt was underway with major advertising and trade campaigns planned for the year ahead to raise awareness of the fact that Egypt is open for business.

“More than 1.5 million British visitors came to Egypt in 2010,” he said.

“Last year it was 870,000 and this year we expect it will be down by 70 per cent to fewer than 300,0000 visitors.

“But we are very confident that 2017 will be a year of growth.