Germany top exporter of tourists to Egypt with 2.5 million visitors in 2019

Germany is now the top country that exports tourists to Egypt, where the number of German visitors jumped to 2.5 million in 2019, Economic Advisor at the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) Said Al-Batouti told the Middle East News Agency (MENA).

In general, Germany is considered one of the largest countries that exports tourism in the world, he added, evidencing that in 2019, when 55 million Germans travelled for the purpose of tourism, while the number of trips by German tourists reached 70.1m trips, spending more than 1.7bn days on tours and excursions.

Al-Batouti said Egypt needs more trained cadres in its tourism office in Germany – affiliated to Ministry of Tourism – who are fluent in multiple languages and have modern marketing skills, so that they can increase German tourists in Egypt.