By Akram Medhat
Friedrich Joussen, CEO of the global TUI Group, revealed an increase in the group's tourism investments in Egypt, with three new hotels scheduled to open in Hurghada soon. He added that the group is studying the possibility of increasing its investments in Marsa Alam, pointing to the return of the company's airlines to Luxor.
This came during his meeting with Minister of Tourism Dr. Rania Al-Mashat and the group's leaders on the sidelines of Egypt's participation in ITB Berlin. The meeting was attended by Ambassador Badr Abdelatty, Egypt's ambassador to Germany.
He stressed that there is a significant increase in the number of the group's customers traveling to Egypt, as it is one of the most important tourist destinations for the German market.
During the meeting, Minister of Tourism Dr. Rania Al-Mashat discussed with the head of TUI the possibility of cooperation to increase inbound tourist traffic from the Chinese market to Egypt.
In this context, the TUI Group CEO pointed to the possibility of the group cooperating with its tour operator partners in the Chinese market to develop tour programs to attract tourists from the Chinese market to Egypt.
