Tourism revenues in Egypt decreased to about 4 billion dollars during 2020, compared to 13.03 billion in the previous year, in light of the impact of the Corona pandemic, which caused severe damage Sector.
According to CNBC Arabia, the Egyptian Minister of Tourism and Antiquities Khaled Al-Anani said that the number of tourists who visited Egypt reached about 3.5 million tourists in 2020, compared to 13.1 million in 2019 .
He added, in an interview with Reuters, we witnessed a great year in 2019 in terms of numbers and revenues, and also the first two months in 2020 were about eight percent higher in numbers and revenues, as he visited the country 2.4 million tourists at the time.
The aim is not currently to measure the number of tourists, but to say that Egypt is a safe tourist destination in light of the Corona crisis.
Egypt closed hotels in March when the Corona crisis began there, then reopened them after about two months, about 25 percent of the capacity, and that percentage later increased to 50 percent. / p>
Al-Anani said, "We are working to build a tourist reputation and market for tourists to visit the country after the end of the Corona crisis, God willing ... the number of hotels that have obtained licenses to operate in accordance with the new controls after Corona About 700 hotels out of a total of 1,200 hotels in Egypt.
Egypt reopened its airports for international commercial flights in early July.
The Minister of Tourism said that the foreign tourism occupancy rates in our hotels currently average between ten and 15 percent of 2019's numbers.
The Egyptian Federation of Tourist Chambers will sign, within a week, a contract with a foreign company to work out a strategy for Egyptian tourism that includes all tourist destinations and markets, which will be completed in May 2021.
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The largest number of tourists Egypt had recorded was in the year 2010, before the January 2011 uprising that toppled Hosni Mubarak's rule, when 14.7 million tourists visited it and revenues amounted to $ 12.5 billion .
Al-Anani said that Egypt will announce two archaeological discoveries this January, in addition to the unveiling at the beginning of the year of the Egyptian coalition that won the contract to operate the services of the new museum scheduled to open in half The second of 2021.
