Egypt expected to witness highest turnout of Arab tourists in 4 years

CAIRO – 5 June 2023: The number of Arab tourists visiting Egypt during 2023 expected to be the highest since 2019, the year in which witnessed the highest turnout of Arab tourism to Egypt.

According to Mohamed Fathi, Head of the Leisure Tourism Committee of the Chamber of Tourist Establishments and Restaurants affiliated with Egyptian Federation of Tourist Chambers, There are large tourist flows that will arrive in Egypt during the summer from a number of Arab countries, including Saudi Arabia, Libya, the Emirates and Kuwait.

He added that this month also witnessed the arrival of huge numbers of Arab tourists, which raised the occupancy rates in hotels in, Cairo, to reach more than 80%.

He noted that the occupancy rates in Cairo hotels, starting next July, will reach more than 95%, and will continue in this way until the end of August 2023, explaining that Arab tourism will raise the occupancy rates in the hotels of the North Coast, Sharm El-Sheikh and Hurghada.