Number of tourists visiting Egypt declines 45pct in 2016
The number of tourists visiting Egypt dropped by 45 percent in 2016 to 5.1 million compared to 9.3 million during 2015, an official source at Egyptian Tourism Ministry stated Saturday.
Speaking to Amwal Al Gahd, the source said that Egypt’s tourism revenues during 2016 did not exceed US$2.5 billion versus US$6.1 billion in 2015, declining by more than 50 percent.
According to the statistics released by Egyptian Tourism Authority (ETA), Egypt’s tourism sector attained revenues estimated at US$2 billion in January-October 2016 while the total number of tourists recorded 4.3 million at the same period.
The following table shows the number of tourists who visited Egypt and revenues volume for each month since the beginning of 2016 until October:
|
Revenues in USD |
Number of tourists |
Month |
|
186 million |
363,000 |
January |
|
133 million |
346,000 |
February |
|
180 million |
440,000 |
March |
|
176 million |
425,000 |
April |
|
177 million |
431,000 |
May |
|
127 million |
328,000 |
June |
|
210 million |
529,000 |
July |
|
280 million |
503,000 |
August |
|
237 million |
473,000 |
September |
|
294 million |
500,000 |
October |
