Egypt Surpasses 1.35 Million Vacationers Milestone in April 2023
Egypt welcomed a record-breaking variety of vacationers in April 2023, receiving 1.35 million guests, in accordance with statements by Minister of Tourism and Antiquities Ahmed Issa throughout a signing ceremony on Monday, June 5.
The numbers symbolize a turning level for an trade that has been closely impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, because the minister added that Egypt anticipates a complete of 15 million guests in 2023, which might surpass the 14.7 million file set in 2010.
The Minister additional predicts that Egypt goals to lift the variety of vacationers it receives over the approaching years, reaching 30 million vacationers per yr by 2028. That is a part of the long-term nationwide technique to develop the trade by 25-30 p.c yearly.
Egypt’s tourism has been regularly recovering within the final three years. Based on figures revealed by the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities, 11.7 million extra vacationers visited Egypt in 2022 than in 2021 — a rise of 46.2 p.c —from eight million. In the identical interval in 2022, tourism grew by 43 p.c through the first three months of this yr.
Egypt has additionally been enterprise a number of measures to extend the variety of vacationers it receives. In March of this yr, Egypt introduced that it will likely be issuing a multiple-entry visa for a interval of 5 years, with a USD 700 (EGP 21,000) price, for residents of 180 nations.
If the vacationers have already got a legitimate visa from the UK, america, the Schengen space, Japan, or New Zealand, they’ll be capable of obtain the brand new visa upon arrival from Egypt’s airports.
Residents of China, India, and Turkey can receive a visa upon arrival by one of many Egyptian ports.
Egypt additionally introduced that it’ll now cease accepting money funds for vacationer spots together with the Pyramids of Giza, the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir, the Citadel of Salah Al-Din, the Nubia Museum, and the Unfinished Obelisk in Aswan.
This transfer comes as a part of the ministry’s “complete digital transformation technique,” and follows 4 months of the applying of this method in temples in Aswan.
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