800,000 Tourists Came to Egypt Last September, Down 9%

21% decline in tourist nights compared with September 2014

7.4 million tourists visited Egypt in 9 months

Declines dominate the rates of change in inbound tourism to Egypt, according to the latest statistics issued by the Ministry of Tourism, published exclusively by Travel Yalla. The number of tourists arriving in Egypt last September reached about 802,000, a decline of 9.3% compared with the same month last year, which recorded 884,000 arrivals. Last September also recorded a 12.4% decline in tourism compared with August, which recorded 915,000 arrivals.

Tourist Nights

As for the nights tourists spent in Egypt last September, they too recorded a notable decline of 21.3%, reaching about 6.9 million tourist nights, compared with 8.8 million nights in September 2014. The average tourist stay last month was 8.5 nights, the lowest compared with the previous eight months of 2015, during which average stays ranged between 9 and 10.5 tourist nights per month.

The Nine Months

On the other hand, inbound tourism to Egypt from January to September 2015 reached about 7.4 million tourists, who spent about 70 million tourist nights, an increase in numbers of 3.1% compared with the same period last year, which saw about 7.2 million tourists.

Third Quarter of 2015

The third quarter of 2015, from July to September, recorded a 5.1% decline in the total number of tourists arriving in Egypt, which reached 2.6 million, compared with 2.8 million tourists in the same period last year.

The following table shows the development of tourist traffic from January to September 2015:

Table showing the geographic breakdown of inbound tourism to Egypt in September 2015 compared with the same month last year: