Saudi tourists in Egypt rise by 53% this year

JEDDAH: The number of Saudi tourists visiting Egypt increased by 53.1 percent during the first seven months of this year as compared to the corresponding period last year, and by 95.5 percent during July month alone compared to the same last year.
The Kingdom also ranked fourth during the same month in terms of the number of tourists it receives, and fifth in terms of the number of nights spent in the Kingdom since the beginning of the year until July.
Ahmed Ali, director of the Egyptian Tourist Office in Abu Dhabi, said in a statement that the number of tourists who visited various Egyptian tourist destinations rose by 2.9 percent, while the number of Arab tourists increased by 39.5 percent during July compared to the same period last year.
Recent statistics also showed a high number of Emirati tourists in Egypt during the first seven months of this year, up by 65.6 percent compared to the same period last year, with a rise during July 2015 recorded in comparison to the same period last year. This is a growth of 43.3 percent.
Meanwhile, the number of Kuwaiti tourists to Egypt increased during the first seven months of this year by 41.4 percent compared to the same period last year, with the number of Kuwaiti tourists who stayed in hotels in Egypt during July and the first seven months of this year having also increased compared to the same period last year.