Egypt’s Tourism pundits fear Coronavirus impact ‘if not contained’ on sector

Egypt’s Tourism pundits fear Coronavirus impact ‘if not contained’ on sector

The updates raised concerns over the future of Egypt's tourism sector, especially as former Minister of Tourism Rania Al-Mashat told Daily News Egypt previously that her ministry aimed to diversify its revenue streams and increase the sector's resilience by attracting new markets, notably Asia.. Earlier this year, Chairperson of the Egyptian Tourism Promotion Board Ahmed Youssef told Daily News Egypt that the markets which Egypt needs to focus on in 2020 include China, Japan, the US, in addition to Latin America and East Europe.. "In total, there are 17 air flights between China and Egypt, Meanwhile, Egypt receives on average 300,000 Chinese tourists per year," former head of Egypt's Federation of Tourism Chambers Elhamy El-Zayat told Daily News Egypt on Monday.. El-Zayat thinks that the current impact of the Corona virus will be little, that the fears of the disease spreading and becoming an international epidemic, especially in Australia, America, and Europe, will have very little impact on Egypt.. Disagreeing with El-Zayat, chairperson of the Tourism and Antiquities Ministry's committee for marketing cultural tourism in Upper Egypt, Mohamed Osman, thinks that the virus will have a great impact on Egypt`s tourism sector, specifically Chinese tourist flows in Luxor and Aswan..