28% rise in demand for cultural tourism, with 18% price hike

Egypt witnessed 28% increase in demand for cultural tourism products during the winter season compared to the same period last year.

Prices for such programmes also saw an estimated increase in prices by 18% compared to the previous year as well, and tourists’ average spending ranged from $90 to $115.

At the same time, the season also witnessed an increase in the average number of night-time tourism activities, according to the Committee for the Promotion of Cultural Tourism in Luxor.

The committee’s remarks came in its seasonal report regarding the winter tourism season, which begins on 1 October and ends on 1 May.

Mohamed Osman — the Head of the Committee for the Promotion of Cultural Tourism in Luxor — attributed the increase in the demand for the cultural tourism product and the increase in programme prices to the relative decline in the spread of the coronavirus pandemic and the accompanying easing of travel restrictions. 

He also referred to the resumption of charter flights from the Spanish market, which runs between 12 to 14 weekly trips, as well as the strong return of the French market after a disappearance of nearly ten years from the cultural tourism product, running between 8 to 10 trips per week.