Arman Issagaliyev: 20 weekly charter flights operate from 10 Kazakh cities to Red Sea cities
Ambassador Arman Issagaliyev, Kazakhstan's ambassador in Cairo, said Kazakh tourism to Egypt has seen successive leaps over the past three years, reaching about 150,000 Kazakh tourists in 2019.
The Kazakh ambassador in Cairo told Travel Yalla News that 20 weekly charter flights depart from 10 Kazakh cities to Sharm El-Sheikh and Hurghada, adding that Kazakh tourism is focused primarily on beaches because Kazakhstan has no sea, which is why Red Sea cities are their favorite destination.
He added that Sharm El-Sheikh accounts for the largest share of air traffic from the Kazakh market, with 17 weekly flights, while only 3 flights go to Hurghada. Air traffic, and therefore tourist arrivals, to Cairo is expected to increase as the operation of regular direct flights is being studied, which would attract Kazakh tourists to the city's unique archaeological sites, especially the Al-Zahir Baybars Mosque in Cairo's El-Daher district.
It is worth noting that Lt. Gen. Younis Al-Masry, Minister of Civil Aviation, discussed with Ambassador Arman Issagaliyev, Kazakhstan's ambassador to Egypt, this week strengthening cooperation in the field of air transport by studying the operation of a direct flight route between Egypt and the Republic of Kazakhstan, especially in light of increasing tourist demand for the historical and archaeological destinations of Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Russia, which would increase the number of flights between the two countries.
