Egypt’s tourist number down by 38% in November

The number of tourists visiting Egypt fell by 37.8 per cent in November compared with the same period in 2014, the Central Agency for Public Mobilisation and Statistics (CAPMAS) reported yesterday.

Some 558,600 tourist arrived in Egypt in November 2015 compared with 898,200 during the same month of 2014, the agency said.

According to the report, 40 per cent of tourists were Western Europeans followed by Eastern Europeans who made up 28.5 per cent of those visiting the country.

Russian tourists made up 47 per cent of East European tourists, while Saudi Arabia topped the list of Middle Eastern visitors.

Egyptian tourism has suffered immensely after the downing of a Russian aircraft last year which resulted in the killing of all its 217 passengers.

In an earlier statement, Egypt’s Tourism Minister Hisham Zaazou estimated that the tourism sector’s losses would amount to approximately 2.2 billion Egyptian pounds a month ($280 million), including direct and indirect losses.

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