Sherif Fathy, Minister of Tourism and Antiquities, revealed that in 2025 Egypt recorded its highest-ever numbers of Spanish tourists, reaching about 242,000 Spanish tourists, an increase of 67% compared with 2024.
This came in statements by the Minister of Tourism and Antiquities on the sidelines of opening the Egyptian pavilion at the 46th edition of the FITUR 2026 international tourism exhibition, which opened today and runs until 25 January in the Spanish capital Madrid.
Fathy stressed the great importance of the Spanish market among the main target and source tourism markets for inbound tourism to Egypt. After the opening, the Minister of Tourism and Antiquities toured the Egyptian pavilion, meeting a number of Egyptian exhibitors taking part, who expressed their happiness at the unprecedented leap in inbound tourist traffic to Egypt from various tourism markets in 2025.
During the visit, Sherif Fathy is scheduled to hold extensive official and professional meetings with the Spanish side and leading tour operators and airlines in the Spanish market to learn about their requests and proposals for driving more joint cooperation in the coming period and increasing their business volume in Egypt. More than 156 countries and more than 9,000 exhibiting companies take part in FITUR, which receives about 255,000 visitors.
