{"id":193229,"date":"2021-04-25T13:41:10","date_gmt":"2021-04-25T13:41:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/?p=193229"},"modified":"2021-04-25T13:41:14","modified_gmt":"2021-04-25T13:41:14","slug":"egyptian-tourism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/egyptian-tourism\/","title":{"rendered":"Egyptian tourism eyes recovery as Russia resumes flights to Rad Sea resorts"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Egyptian Ministry of Tourism expects a recovery in tourism sector after Russia decided to resume flights to Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ghada Shalaby, Deputy Minister of Tourism of Egypt, estimates that more than a million Russian tourists will come to Egypt this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Russian tourists have stopped coming to Egypt since 2015 after the crash of a Russian passenger and 224 people in it were killed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Egyptian tourism<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Russian <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?sa=t&amp;rct=j&amp;q=&amp;esrc=s&amp;source=web&amp;cd=&amp;cad=rja&amp;uact=8&amp;ved=2ahUKEwjtjtXNwpnwAhWyThUIHZ5-CUIQFjAAegQIBBAD&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Finterfax.com%2F&amp;usg=AOvVaw0vdA9HlMi2OJq5mXc2JIJN\">Interfax <\/a>News Agency reported last week that flights might be resumed in the second half of next May.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There are many in the private sector who have been waiting for this decision for what the Russian tourism represents, Shalaby said to Reuters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The country expects to attract more than 1 million Russian tourists during the rest of 2021 as direct flights between both countries are set to resume, Ghada Shalaby added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Egypt is aiming for tourism revenues of $6 billion-$7 billion in 2021, the deputy tourism minister told Reuters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">About 13.1 million tourists visited Egypt in 2019, with revenues of $13.03 billion. However, due to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/egyptian-tourism-sector-hit-hard-by-covid\/\">Coronavirus pandemic, <\/a>revenues in 2020 fell by about 70% to $4 billion. The number of tourists reached 3.5 million.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Important source<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Russian tourism companies had indicated the possibility of launching tourist trips from Russia to Egyptian resorts within a week of announcing the resumption of charter flights with Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Earlier, the Russian Deputy Foreign Minister, Mikhail Bogdanov, revealed the imminent resumption of charter flights from Russia to Hurghada and Sharm el-Sheikh resorts in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The resumption of flights from Russia to Egyptian resorts will contribute to enhancing tourism in Egypt. Before the flight was suspended, Russia was a major source of tourism in Egypt, which generates billions of dollars on the Egyptian treasury.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The tourism sector welcomed the announcement by the Russian Foreign Ministry that charter flights are expected to resume with Hurghada and Sharm el-Sheikh resorts in Egypt soon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This coincides with the end of the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities sterilization and disinfection of 130 hotels in Sharm el-Sheikh from the 170 hotels they work in, in addition to 244 hotels out of 260 hotels in Hurghada.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These measures come within a framework to protect and prevent the repercussions of the emerging Coronavirus, and in light of the precautionary measures and measures taken by the state to confront the virus.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Egyptian Ministry of Tourism expects a recovery in tourism sector after Russia decided to resume flights to Egypt. Ghada Shalaby, Deputy Minister of Tourism of Egypt, estimates that more than a million Russian tourists will come to Egypt this year. 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