Sherif Fathy, Minister of Tourism and Antiquities, stated that the Grand Egyptian Museum is an addition to cultural tourism in Egypt, adding that it currently receives between 5,000 and 6,000 visitors a day and is expected to attract about 5 million tourists annually.
This came in media statements by the Minister of Tourism and Antiquities on the sidelines of the opening ceremony of the Grand Egyptian Museum today, attended by President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi and 79 official delegations, including 39 delegations of kings, presidents and princes from around the world.
The Cabinet's Media Center had revealed that the Grand Egyptian Museum has been receiving about 5,000 visitors a day since the start of the museum's trial operation phase in mid-October 2024, and said that the number of visitors, foreign tourists and Egyptians, is expected to reach between 13,000 and 15,000 a day after its official opening.
