62% increase in tourist numbers last month, with Europeans recording the highest rate of increase
By Akram Medhat
Tourist traffic to Egypt last June saw 533,000 tourist arrivals, up 62% from June 2016, making it the weakest month for arrivals in the first half of this year.
Tourist nights continued to post large increases, rising 175% compared with June last year to reach 4.9 million nights, while the average tourist stay in Egypt held steady at 10 nights.
First Half of 2017 Total
Tourism statistics obtained exclusively by "Travel Yalla News" revealed that total inbound tourist traffic to Egypt in the first half of this year, 2017, reached about 3.6 million tourists, up 52% compared with the same period of 2016, which saw 2.3 million tourists.
However, these numbers are 26% below the normal traffic rates before the Russian plane crisis, which stood at 4.8 million tourists from January to June 2015, as Egypt tries to make up for the losses and stagnation.
Last April remains the month with the highest arrivals in the first half of 2017, and indeed since November 2015, registering 716,000 tourists.
A table showing the monthly development of inbound tourist traffic in 2017:
Month | Number of Tourists |
|---|---|
January | 543,892 |
February | 539,065 |
March | 654,877 |
April | 715,956 |
May | 573,810 |
June | 532,955 |
Geographic Breakdown of Tourists
Inbound European tourism last June recorded the highest rate of increase in tourist numbers, at 108%, registering 309,000 tourists and accounting for 58% of total inbound tourist traffic to Egypt.
Africa, meanwhile, was alone in posting a negative rate, with 47,000 tourist arrivals, down 16% compared with June 2016, as its share fell to 9% of total arrivals to Egypt.
A table showing the geographic breakdown of inbound tourist traffic to Egypt in June 2017 compared with the same month last year:
Region | Number of Tourists | Change | Share of Total |
|---|---|---|---|
Europe | 309,067 | 107.5% | 58% |
Middle East | 112,886 | 52.7% | 21.2% |
Africa | 46,981 | -15.5% | 8.8% |
Asia | 29,295 | 22.5% | 5.5% |
The Americas | 33,651 | 32.6% | 6.3% |
Other | 1,075 | 27% | 0.2% |
Total | 532,955 | 62% | 100% |
