Prime Minister Dr. Mostafa Madbouly announced that Egypt received 18.8 million tourists in 2025, compared with about 15 million tourists in 2024, noting that the growth rate in the tourism sector is very large and praising the tourism boom the sector is witnessing and its role in the current economic growth.
Speaking at the weekly press conference following the Cabinet meeting, Madbouly revealed that plans are currently being drawn up for 2040 to double the targeted number of tourists, which is 30 million tourists in 2030. He explained that what is being achieved comes through plans and a vision by which the state is moving to develop this sector, referring to his meeting with the Minister of Civil Aviation as soon as he arrived at Cairo Airport from Lebanon to review the airports system and the performance of EgyptAir and the other state-owned national carriers, and to double their fleet within two years, so that it keeps pace with the state's plan and its expectations for the growth of the tourism sector.
The Prime Minister also pointed to the signing ceremony of the management contract for the InterContinental hotel in Opera Square, which is being rebuilt, with a very important brand in the hotel sector, India's "Taj", explaining that "Taj" is one of the top hotels in the world and that its presence in the Egyptian market is very important, and stressing that the development will preserve the character and identity of the old building. According to the official Facebook page of the Egyptian Cabinet.
