ArabFinance: Fitch Solutions expected that the number of tourist arrivals to Egypt would jump by 46% this year to 11.6 million tourists, Asharq business reported on January 16th.
The US-based data and research provider also projected that the North African country’s tourism revenues would increase by 17.7% to hit $13.6 billion.
Meanwhile, Egyptian Minister of Tourism and Antiquities Ahmed Issa told Asharq business on January 16th that the value of the general index of the tourism barometer in Egypt recorded 108.6 points, a figure which foreshadows a state of optimism.e