German Tourism Leads With 1.1 Million Tourists in Egypt by the End of November, Ukrainian Deservedly Second

494,000 European tourists arrived in the Egyptian destination last month, up 76%

Germany records 138,000 tourists last November.. and exceeds 1.1 million Germans in the 11-month total

By Akram Medhat

Egypt received about 494,000 tourists from European markets last November, up 76% compared with the same month of 2016, representing about 64% of the total number of tourists arriving in Egypt, which reached 779,000.

Tourist nights spent by Europeans in Egypt reached about 4.6 million last November, an increase of 152% 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 Europe during the past 11 months reached 4.2 million, up 83% compared with the same period of 2016, and they spent about 38.5 million tourist nights, an increase of 191%.

Despite this strong and notable improvement and the trend of tourism in Egypt towards recovery, the rate of European arrivals is still far from the figures achieved during the same period in 2015, when 6.6 million European tourists were recorded.

Germany Leads Unchallenged

German tourism recorded 138,000 tourist arrivals last November, up 84% over the same month of 2016, who spent 1.5 million tourist nights, an increase of 119%.

Over the past 11 months as a whole, the Germans were the first to exceed one million tourists in Egypt, with 1.1 million German arrivals, up 90% compared with the same period last year, leading inbound tourist traffic to Egypt unchallenged. The tourist nights they spent reached 11.5 million, an increase of 145%, and Germany has thus surpassed the numbers for the same period in the years following the peak year of 2010.

Ukraine came second in Europe and worldwide in inbound traffic to Egypt, recording 110,000 tourists last November, up 52% over the same month of 2016, who spent about 800,000 tourist nights, an increase of 157%.

Ukrainian tourism to Egypt during the period from January to November 2017 recorded 692,000 tourist arrivals, up 99% over the same period of 2016, who spent 4.9 million tourist nights, an increase of 263%.

Continued British Presence

As for British tourism, despite the continued flight ban to their top destination, Sharm El-Sheikh, it still maintains its presence and came third in Europe and fourth worldwide, recording 30,000 tourist arrivals in November, up 53%, who spent 333,000 tourist nights, an increase of 97%.

The British recorded 289,000 tourist arrivals in Egypt during the past 11 months, up 37% over the same period in 2016, and the tourist nights they spent reached 3.2 million, an increase of 90%.

Polish Tourism Closes In on Italian, and a Czech Lull

Italian tourism rose 78% in November, with 19,000 tourist arrivals, who spent 198,000 tourist nights, an increase of 122%, easing relatively from October, which recorded 26,000 Italian tourists.

Over the 11 months as a whole, Italians recorded 232,000 tourist arrivals, up 99% over 2016, who spent 2.6 million tourist nights, an increase of 266%.

Meanwhile, Polish tourism overtook Czech tourism, which declined last November compared with October, making Poland fifth in Europe, with 17,000 Polish tourist arrivals during November, up 166%, who spent 133,000 tourist nights, an increase of 323% over the same month of 2016, and over the 11 months as a whole it recorded 161,000 tourists, up 166% over the same period of 2016.

Czech tourism, meanwhile, eased in November with 12,000 tourist arrivals, up 78%, compared with 23,000 Czech tourists in October, and over the 11 months as a whole the Czech market recorded 196,000 tourists, an increase of 130%.

European Markets on the Rise

On another front, some European markets saw notable demand for the Egyptian tourist destination last November, joining the list of the most prominent countries in tourist traffic from Europe, namely Sweden, Spain and Turkey, while Switzerland eased relatively but maintains its lead among promising markets.

Swiss tourism recorded about 7,900 tourist arrivals in Egypt, up 73% over November 2016, who spent 83,000 tourist nights, and over the past 11 months as a whole it recorded 69,000 tourists, up 66% over the same period of 2016.

Sweden saw a relative recovery in its monthly arrival rate, recording 7,180 tourists during November, up 51%, who spent 72,000 tourist nights, an increase of 229%.

Spanish tourism, which has begun to reappear on the scene, recorded about 3,700 tourists last November, up 59%, who spent 34,000 tourist nights, an increase of 103%, with the start of the peak cultural tourism season in Cairo, Luxor and Aswan, their main destinations in Egypt.

Turkey recorded 3,331 tourist arrivals last month, up 38%, who spent 28,000 tourist nights, an increase of 201%, compared with November 2016.

Russians Seek Warmth

Despite the continued complete halt of Russian flights to all Egyptian airports, tourism statistics still record traffic of Russian tourists, albeit weak and not comparable with the normal rates of this important market, with monthly rates increasing especially with the start of the snowy winter there and their search for warm places.

Russian tourists recorded about 12,000 arrivals last November, up 79%, who spent 156,000 tourist nights, a jump of 651%.

Over the past 11 months as a whole, Russian tourism to Egypt recorded 83,000 tourist arrivals, up 75% over the same period of 2016, who spent 860,000 tourist nights.

Table showing the main European source markets for tourism to Egypt in November 2017 compared with the same month in 2016: