By Akram Medhat
German tour operators have confirmed that Egypt and Greece are the main winners of the summer 2017 tourist season, according to the website of the German magazine "FVW", one of the most prominent German websites specializing in tourism.
Most German tour operators explained that the rise in bookings to Egypt this summer is the result of the competitive prices that distinguish the Egyptian destination, through which it is competing strongly to recover its inbound tourist traffic, stressing that German tourists have regained confidence in the Egyptian tourist destination.
For his part, the head of German company Thomas Cook said summer 2017 will be better than last year, as tourist demand this summer is much stronger than it was.
In a related context, the head of "Alltours" expected bookings to rise by 4.5% this summer after falling sharply last year.
FVW noted that tour operators agreed that the top winning destinations attracting strong demand this year, according to bookings and opinion polls, are Egypt, Greece, Croatia and Portugal.
