American Tourism in Egypt Records 166,000 Tourists by End of September 2017... Latin American Markets Post the Highest Growth

The Americas sent 260,000 tourists to the Egyptian destination, up 27% in 9 months

Tourist nights record leaps despite limited increases in tourist numbers from major markets

By Akram Medhat

Inbound tourism from North and South America to Egypt rose 27% in the first 9 months of this year compared with the same period in 2016, reaching 260,000 tourists, representing 4% of total inbound tourism to Egypt from around the world, which reached 5.9 million tourists. They spent 3.5 million tourist nights, an increase of 175%.

Tourism statistics obtained exclusively by Travel Yalla News revealed that the total number of tourists arriving from the Americas last September reached 27,000, up 30%, spending 569,000 tourist nights, an increase of 239%. Growth rates in numbers were relatively limited in the main markets because September is not a peak month, coming ahead of the winter season at the end of October, given their interest in cultural "archaeological" tourism in Cairo, Luxor and Aswan, while Latin American countries saw a notable increase in tourism from them.

The US Market Ranks Eighth Worldwide

The United States topped the countries of the two continents and ranked eighth worldwide, with the arrival of 166,000 American tourists in the first 9 months of 2017, up 21% from 2016, spending 2.5 million tourist nights, an increase of 175%, placing it eighth on the list of the top ten source markets for tourism to Egypt from around the world.

Last September, American tourism recorded 16,000 tourists, up 21% compared with the same month in 2016, spending 400,000 tourist nights, an increase of 222%, ranking sixth on the list of the top ten tourism markets to Egypt from around the world.

Canada came second in the Americas, with the arrival of 52,000 tourists in 9 months, a limited rise of 15%, spending 680,000 tourist nights, an increase of 119%. Canadians numbered about 5,200 tourists last September, up 12%.

Latin American Tourism Leaps

Tourism from Latin American countries achieved a notable leap, as Brazilian tourism in Egypt from January to September 2017 recorded the arrival of 11,000 tourists, up 90% from 2016, while Brazilians' tourist nights achieved the highest growth rate, at 545%, reaching about 84,000 nights.

The number of Brazilian tourists in Egypt last September reached 1,526, up 75%, spending 14,000 tourist nights, an increase of 735%, despite the lack of regular direct or charter flights to the Egyptian destination, which weakens our benefit from this important and promising market.

Argentine tourism recorded a 98% rise, the highest rate in the Latin American market, with the arrival of about 8,900 tourists in the first 9 months of 2017, spending 75,000 tourist nights, an increase of 447% over 2016. In September, about 1,240 Argentine tourists visited Egypt, up 107%.

Mexico came at the bottom of the list with the arrival of 6,237 tourists in 9 months, up 96%, spending 51,000 tourist nights, an increase of 426%. Mexican tourism recorded about 1,200 tourists last September, up 134%.

A table showing the main source countries in the Americas for tourism to Egypt from January to September 2017, compared with 2016:

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