Tourism revenue reaches $4.6 billion in eight months
The latest Ministry of Tourism statistics, published exclusively by Travel Yalla, show that inbound tourism to Egypt from January to August 2015 reached 6.6 million tourists, who spent about 62 million tourist nights. That is up about 5% on the same period last year, which saw some 6.3 million arrivals.
August on its own, however, saw arrivals fall by about 8.3% to 915,213 tourists, compared with 998,000 in the same month last year. They spent 11 million tourist nights, an average stay of 9 nights, the lowest of any month so far this year.
Tourism revenue
Tourism revenue in the first eight months of the year reached $4.6 billion, with average daily spending per tourist of $72.9 according to the Central Bank of Egypt, compared with $4.4 billion in the same period of 2014.
August was less fortunate on the revenue front. In line with the drop in arrivals, receipts came to about $657 million, down 25.6% from $882 million in the same month last year.
Egyptians abroad visiting home
Meanwhile, the Passports, Emigration and Nationality Administration recorded about 3.3 million visits home by Egyptians living abroad from the start of the year to the end of August, including about 400,000 in August alone.
Monthly tourist arrivals, January–August 2015:
Month | Arrivals |
|---|---|
January | 677,536 |
February | 640,179 |
March | 834,636 |
April | 923,884 |
May | 894,612 |
June | 820,016 |
July | 911,606 |
August | 915,213 |
Inbound tourism to Egypt by region, August 2015 vs. August 2014:
Region | Tourists | Change | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|
Europe | 676,618 | -9% | 73.93% |
Middle East | 146,486 | -12.2% | 16.01% |
Africa | 35,701 | -9% | 3.9% |
The Americas | 28,654 | +33% | 3.13% |
Asia | 25,563 | +6.4% | 2.79% |
Other | 2,191 | +9.4% | 0.24% |
Total | 915,213 | 100% |
