Egypt

An ambitious plan to attract 25 million tourists by 2022

Egypt State Information Service

“The number of tourists visiting Egypt is expected to reach 14 million by 2011,” said the Tourism Minister Zohair Garana on Monday18/2/2008 at a meeting of the Shura Council's committee on tourism and culture.

Tourist nights are expected to double to 140 million and hotel capacity is expected to increase by 15,000 annually.

Tourism revenues account nearly 7 percent of Egypt's Gross Domestic Product (GDP), 40 percent of the country's service exports and 19.3 percent of foreign currency, he further said.

Garana said an ambitious plan has been drawn up to attract 25 million tourists by 2022.

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