The Lebanese Consulate in Alexandria honored T-Shoury Tours for its role in boosting tourism traffic between Egypt and Lebanon, as it is the only company operating charter flights between Beirut and Sharm El-Sheikh.
For his part, George Boulos, chairman of the company, told Travel Yalla News that the number of charter flights operated by T-Shoury during 2019 reached about 40, carrying about 5,000 passengers from the two countries. Thanks to competitive airfares, these flights helped encourage Egyptians to travel to Lebanon and also stimulated the flow of Lebanese tourists to Egypt, especially to their first and favorite destination, Sharm El-Sheikh. Flights are also operated between Hurghada and Beirut.
Boulos explained that Lebanese tourists favor 5-star hotels in Sharm El-Sheikh, while most bookings by Egyptians are for 4-star hotels in Lebanon.
He said that what distinguishes the company's trips to Lebanon is that it obtains group visas without any paperwork by agreement with Lebanon's General Security, in addition to issuing visas to T-Shoury Tours clients without any documents and without requiring the traveler to have $2,000, which lifts the burden off Egyptians traveling to Lebanon for tourism. However, this approval is granted on the company's guarantee before the Lebanese security authorities.
