Sherif Fathy, Minister of Tourism and Antiquities, revealed that the Egyptian tourist destination saw a notable increase of 56.5% in the number of Turkish tourists from January to July 2025 compared with the same period last year, adding that the ministry is working to boost and attract more inbound tourist traffic from the Turkish market to the Egyptian destination.
This came during his meeting with Nafi Güral, founder of Turkey's NG Hotels Group, and Erkan Güral, chairman of the group's board, and their accompanying delegation, during their current visit to Egypt to discuss hotel investment opportunities in Egypt's coastal tourist destinations.
The Minister of Tourism stressed the Egyptian state's keenness to support and encourage tourism and hotel investments, in light of Egypt's distinctive tourism assets and promising investment opportunities. He also reviewed the ministry's strategy to expand hotel capacity by increasing the number of hotel rooms to keep pace with the expected growth in international tourist traffic to Egypt, especially in light of the positive performance the sector has seen in tourist numbers during the first half of this year.
It is worth noting that Egypt received about 8.7 million tourists in the first half of this year, 2025, a growth rate of 22% compared with the same period last year.
