Around 68,000 German tourists visited Hurghada in September

CAIRO – 25 September 2017: Around 68,000 German tourists visited Hurghada during September, recording the largest number of tourists from the same nationality visiting the city this season.


The German tourists amounted to 70 percent of all tourists that arrived to Hurghada.


According to statistics issued by the Egyptian Travel Agents Associations (ETTA), 12,000 Ukrainian tourists also visited Hurghada, coming in second place.


Meanwhile, Czech tourist numbers came in third place, recording nearly 9,600, while ETTA's statistics referred that English tourists came in fourth place.


Chairman of the Egyptian General Tourist Guides Syndicate in the Red Sea, Bashar Abou-Taleb, stressed that German tourists' numbers are still on top of all other tourists from other nationalities who visited Hurghada, noting that the German tourists' arrival recoded 70 percent of total arrivals.


"There are German tourists who come specifically to the Red Sea to go diving on the coral reefs and to try other activities," Abou-Taleb said.