Egypt’s tourism revenues reached a record high of $15bn in 2023, surpassing the previous records of $12.5bn in 2010 and $13bn in 2019, before the January Revolution and the COVID-19 pandemic, respectively. This was revealed by Said El Batouty, Professor of International Macroeconomics and Tourism Economics at Goethe University in Frankfurt, Germany, and Member of the Advisory Group of the European Commission, United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE), and the European Travel Commission (ETC), in an interview with Daily News Egypt.
He also said that Egypt welcomed a record number of 14.9 million international tourists in 2023, exceeding the peak year of 2010 (14.7 million) and the pre-pandemic year of 2019 (12.9 million).
El Batouty attributed this remarkable achievement to the effective measures taken by the Egyptian government to ensure the safety and health of tourists, as well as the promotion of the country’s rich cultural and natural heritage.
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