The Information and Decision Support Center (IDSC) conducted a poll of citizens on November 4 and 5 on their awareness of the opening of the Grand Egyptian Museum, which was an exceptional historic event for the world's largest museum dedicated to a single civilization. It also gauged citizens' views on its impact on global tourism flows to Egypt, how closely they followed the opening ceremony that was organized, and their assessment of it.
The poll results showed that 93.8% of the Egyptians in the sample had heard of the Grand Egyptian Museum, compared with 6.2% who had not, and that 70.8% of citizens aware of the museum watched the opening ceremony live on television, while 29.2% did not watch it live.
As for their assessment of the ceremony, 71.4% of Egyptians who watched the opening ceremony of the Grand Egyptian Museum considered it "very good," 14.9% saw it as "good," 10.4% described it as "acceptable," and 0.3% considered it "bad."
The poll found that 59.1% of those who watched the opening ceremony of the Grand Egyptian Museum said it exceeded their expectations, while 20.6% saw the ceremony as fully meeting their expectations, 6.3% said it fell short of their expectations, and the remaining percentage were unable to say.
Some 4.3% of the Egyptians in the sample who are aware of the Grand Egyptian Museum said they had visited the museum during the trial opening period that preceded the official opening, compared with 95.7% who have not yet visited it. 64.2% affirmed that they intend to visit the museum in the coming period, while 19% said they do not intend to, and the remaining percentage were unable to say.
Regarding Egyptians' views on the museum's ability to boost tourism in Egypt after its opening, on a scale of (1 to 5), where (1) means it is unable to boost tourism sufficiently and (5) means it can boost tourism to a high degree, the results showed that 53.9% of the Egyptians surveyed gave the museum 5 points after its opening in terms of its ability to boost tourism, 14.6% gave it 4 points, 7.6% gave it 3 points, 1.3% gave it 2 points and 0.4% gave it one point, while the remaining percentage were unable to say.
