An Egyptian employee walks at the construction site of the new tourist walkway bridge project, to connect the Grand Egyptian Museum and the archaeological area of the Sphinx and the Great PyramidThe Israel-Hamas war in Gaza caused a drop in tourism to Egypt compared to expectations in the last quarter of 2023, but the number of visitors picked up in the first two months of the year, the country’s tourism minister said on Thursday.
Although this was the second highest number on record for a final quarter, it was 600 000 below the record 4.2 million that had been expected, Issa said in an interview on the sidelines of a travel fair in Berlin. Visitor numbers have since picked up, Issa said, with 2.12 million tourists visiting in the first two months of the year, an 8% increase over the same period last year.
Source: Holiday News (holidaynews.net)
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