Dr. Badr Abdelatty, Egypt's ambassador in Berlin, announced that the German Foreign Office has decided to lift the ban on German tourists travelling to the city of Taba in South Sinai, after it had been in place for about 5 years.
Abdelatty explained, in statements to the Middle East News Agency, that the German Foreign Office yesterday, June 28, introduced amendments to its travel advice for German tourists to Egypt, including lifting the ban imposed since 2014 on German tourists travelling to the city and tourist resort of Taba. He stressed that this amendment will help increase German tourist flows to South Sinai, especially after the success of the Egyptian embassy in Berlin's efforts to operate and increase the number of direct charter flights from German cities to Sharm El Sheikh.
The Egyptian ambassador in Berlin noted that this positive shift in German travel advice reflects the climate of security and stability that Egypt enjoys, and the growing political, economic and cultural relations between the two countries over the past four years, particularly the high-level meetings between President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi and the German Chancellor, the latest of which was their meeting yesterday in the Japanese city of Osaka on the sidelines of the G20 summit.
Abdelatty pointed to the important meetings organised by the Egyptian embassy in Berlin for Minister of Tourism Dr. Rania Al-Mashat with senior German officials, as well as for South Sinai Governor Maj. Gen. Khaled Fouda, on the sidelines of ITB Berlin last March, which contributed to achieving this positive result.
It is worth noting that German tourism to Egypt recorded 1.7 million tourists in 2018, an increase of 39%, who spent 17.4 million tourist nights, up 38%, putting Germany at the top of tourist arrivals to Egyptian cities without rival.
