Egypt received 15.7 million tourists in 2024 despite the region’s geopolitical conditions, highlighted Tourism and Antiquities Minister Sherif Fathy.

Instagram by Meta has launched a world-first digital experience, using augmented reality (AR) to revive Egypt’s ancient history.

Emaar is looking forward to drawing in a portion of the massive $90 billion annual tourism spending by Gulf countries to Egypt, with a special focus on attracting Gulf tourists to the North African country.

Egypt is targeting to attract around 15 million visitors by the end of 2024.

The Egyptian cabinet has approved the final terms and implementation mechanisms for a new initiative to support the tourism sector, funded by the Ministry of Finance, as per a statement.

Egypt has recorded tourism revenues estimated at $6.6 billion in the first half (H1) of 2024, slightly up from $6.3 billion in the same period last year.

Tourist arrivals to Egypt increased by 3% to 4% year on year (YoY) in the first quarter (Q1) of the current year, Minister of Tourism and Antiquities Ahmed Issa stated.

Egypt’s tourist arrivals grew by 6% year on year (YoY) during the first 50 days of 2024.

Saudi Arabia topped the Arab World in terms of tourist arrivals to Egypt in 2023, with 1 million visitors.

Tourist arrivals to Egypt increased by 9% year on year (YoY) during the first 19 days of 2024, Minister of Tourism and Antiquities Ahmed Issa stated.

Egypt received a record-breaking 14.906 million tourists in 2023, surpassing a previous record of 14.731 million tourists in 2010, the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities stated on January 17th.

Egypt received three offers from Gulf and European alliances to enter into a partnership aimed at developing and reconstructing the historic Continental Hotel in the Opera Square in Downtown Cairo.

Egypt aims to increase the number of visitors from Arab countries to 4.5 million tourists in 2024 from about 3.1 million tourists in 2022.

Minister of Tourism and Antiquities Ahmed Issa has issued a ministerial decision on forming a committee that discusses the general strategy to promote tourism in Egypt.

Egyptian Minister of Tourism and Antiquities Ahmed Issa met with Ambassador of Greece to Cairo Nikolaos Garilidis to discuss ways to strengthen cooperation at the tourism and archaeological level

Egypt is looking forward to attracting 18 to 20 million tourists in 2024, compared to an expected 15 million tourists this year.

On March 7th, the Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) has set the maximum funding provided for beneficiaries under the five-year 11% subsidized lending program to back the industrial and agricultural sectors at EGP 75 million per individual and EGP 112.5 million per individual and all related parties.

Hotel occupancy in Egypt increased by about 20%-25% during the first quarter (Q1) of 2023, compared to the same period last year, supported by the diversity of expatriate markets to the country and the depreciation of the Egyptian pound, Asharq Business reported on April 26th, citing unnamed tourism official.