58,000 Asian tourists visited Egypt in November.. and 570,000 tourists arrived during the 11 months, up 47%
By Akram Medhat
About 58,000 tourists from Asia arrived in Egypt as a tourist destination last November, up 24% compared with the same month of 2016, in the first of the peak months for Asian tourism during the winter season. They represent about 8% of the total number of tourists arriving in Egypt, which reached 779,000.
Tourist nights spent in Egypt by tourists from Asian markets reached about 469,000 last November, an increase of 115% compared with the number of nights in November 2016.
11-Month Total
Tourism statistics obtained exclusively by Travel Yalla News revealed that the total number of tourists arriving in Egypt from Asian countries and Australia during the past 11 months reached 570,000, up 47% compared with the same period of 2016, and they spent about 4.3 million tourist nights, an increase of 136%.
China Fifth Worldwide
Chinese tourism to Egypt recorded the arrival of about 24,000 tourists last November, up 14% from the same period of 2016, who spent 180,000 tourist nights, an increase of 60%, maintaining its lead in tourist traffic from the Asian continent and ranking fifth on the list of the top ten source markets for tourism to Egypt worldwide.
Over the 11 months as a whole, the Chinese recorded 261,000 tourist arrivals in Egypt, up 66%, who spent 1.8 million tourist nights, up 115%, compared with the same period of 2016.
Indian tourism recorded the arrival of about 9,900 tourists last November, a slight increase of only 4% over the same month in 2016, maintaining its monthly arrival rate since last October. They spent 69,000 tourist nights, up 60%, and over the 11 months as a whole 93,000 Indian tourists arrived, up 30%.
Japanese tourism comes next as the third-largest Asian market and the highest-spending, recording 3,800 tourist arrivals in November, up 60%, who spent 22,000 tourist nights, an increase of 93%, and over the 11 months as a whole 28,000 Japanese tourists arrived, an increase of 87%.
South Korea comes at the bottom of the list with 1,375 tourist arrivals in November, up 63%, who spent 16,000 tourist nights, an increase of 500% over November 2016, and over the 11 months as a whole Korean tourism recorded 14,000 tourists arriving in Egypt, up 34%.
Australia.. The Most Distant Tourism Market
Australia, one of the most distant tourism markets from Egypt and part of the Asia-Pacific geographical classification bloc, recorded an increase of 27%, with about 2,879 tourists arriving last November, who spent 45,000 tourist nights, up 327%.
Over the past 11 months of 2017 as a whole, tourism from Australia reached 26,000 tourists, up 29% over the same period of 2016, who spent 376,000 tourist nights, an increase of 202%.
Table showing the main source countries in Asia and Australia for tourism to Egypt during November 2017 compared with the same month in 2016:
Country | November 2017 | Change | 11-month total |
|---|---|---|---|
China | 23,649 | 14.5% | 260,940 |
India | 9,900 | 4.2% | 93,133 |
Japan | 3,806 | 59.5% | 28,421 |
South Korea | 1,375 | 63% | 13,584 |
Australia | 2,879 | 27.3% | 26,294 |
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