456,000 Asian tourists visited Egypt in the first 9 months of this year... and the Japanese post the highest growth rate
By Akram Medhat
Asian tourism to Egypt rose 53% in the first 9 months of this year compared with the same period in 2016, reaching 456,000 tourists from Asia and Australia, who spent 3.3 million tourist nights, an increase of 137%, representing about 8% of total tourist traffic from around the world to the Egyptian destination, which reached 5.9 million tourists.
Tourism statistics obtained exclusively by Travel Yalla News revealed that tourists arriving from Asia last September numbered 48,000, up 34% compared with the same month in 2016, spending 423,000 tourist nights, an increase of 209%. Growth rates in numbers were relatively limited because September is not a peak month, coming ahead of the winter season at the end of October, which marks the start of Asian tourism to Egypt, especially from the main countries China, Japan and India.
China Among the Top Markets
Chinese tourism in Egypt from January to the end of September 2017 recorded the arrival of about 218,000 tourists, up 77% from the same period in 2016, spending 1.4 million tourist nights, an increase of 129%, maintaining its lead in tourist traffic from the Asian continent and ranking fifth on the list of the top ten source markets for tourism to Egypt from around the world.
Last September, the Chinese recorded the arrival of 19,000 tourists to Egypt, up 42%, spending 142,000 tourist nights, an increase of 139%, compared with September 2016.
About 70,000 tourists arrived from India in the first 9 months of 2017, up 36% compared with the same period last year, spending 483,000 tourist nights, an increase of 116%, and September saw 7,650 Indian tourists, up 46%.
Japanese tourism doubled from the beginning of the year to the end of last September compared with 2016, with the arrival of 22,000 tourists, up 99%, spending 148,000 tourist nights, an increase of 107%, and September recorded 1,752 Japanese tourists, up 44%.
South Korea came at the bottom of the list with the arrival of 11,000 tourists through the end of September, up 29%, spending 92,000 tourist nights, an increase of 129% over 2016.
Australia... The Most Distant Tourism Market
Australia, one of the most distant tourism markets from Egypt and part of the Asia-Pacific geographic classification bloc, recorded an increase of 27%, with the arrival of about 20,000 tourists in the first 9 months of 2017, who spent 275,000 tourist nights, up 178%.
In September, there was a limited increase of 24% in tourism from Australia, which recorded 3,212 tourists, but the tourist nights they spent jumped 268% to 38,000 nights.
A table showing the main source countries in Asia and Australia for tourism to Egypt from January to September 2017, compared with 2016:
Country | 9-Month Total | Change | September 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|
China | 217,826 | 77% | 19,129 |
India | 70,437 | 35.6% | 7,650 |
Japan | 22,274 | 99% | 1,752 |
South Korea | 10,834 | 29.3% | 1,213 |
Australia | 20,234 | 26.7% | 3,212 |
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