The tourism adviser in Tokyo Sami Mahmoud expected that the Japanese tourism coming to Egypt reaches 100 thousands by the end of 2012.
The adviser referred that 5 Egyptian tourism companies and the tourism office in Tokoyo will participate in Gata, the international tourism conference. This participation comes in a critical time, after the Japanese government left the risk level on Egypt. EgyptAir airlines will launch 2 flights from the Japanese city of Osaka next December.
He emphasized the necessity of the Japanese market, as almost 126 thousand tourists visited Egypt in 2010. Mahmoud mentioned that the Tourism Minister, Hesham Zazou, will inaugurate EgyptAir’s line Osaka, and prepare a workshop with the Japanese tourism companies, in the framework of the tourism promotion to Egypt.