Published on : Friday, January 4, 2019
In an interview, Menestarely said that this includes all hotels in Alexandria, including Borg al-Arab hotels. He added that the increase in occupation rate will continue until the Coptic Christmas day which falls on January 7.
Alexandria currently has a total of 4,200 hotel rooms, and this number is going to increase by the end of 2019, with new hotels set to be opened.
The number of tourists visiting Egypt increased by 41 percent in the first half of 2018 to 5.061 million tourists, and the tourism sector revenues increased by 77 percent during the same period to $4.791 million.
Egypt has been announced as the fastest growing tourist destination in terms of year-on-year percentage increase of visitors, according to the UNWTO’s 2018 release on global travel and tourism. The annual report showed that Egypt welcomed about 8.5 million tourists during 2017 with a 55.1 percent increase, compared to the same period of 2016.
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