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Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities

Tourism Ministry raises fees to boost its tourism support fund

In addition to hotels, tourist companies, restaurants, and bazaars will have to pay additional fees into the fund. The announcement was made to the Official Gazette yesterday

Tourism revenues expected to be $6-9B by end of 2021: TourismMin

Tourism minister Khaled El Anani, during a tourism conference in Riyadh, said that Egypt is hoping for a total of more than 6 million tourists this year as in-bound tourist numbers rise

Tourism recovery steady with 500K tourists in April: TourismMin

Monthly tourism revenues were less than half compared to pre-COVID times, recording at around $500 thousand

Tourism and Civil Aviation ministries extend domestic tourism initiative

The extension aims to encourage domestic tourism, and coincides with the holidays and summer vacations period

Egypt’s tourism in Q1 2021 saw 40-45% occupancy rate: Reuters

Up to 15 percent of Egypt’s national output comes from tourism, which is a key source of foreign currency