Egypt hosts thousands of stranded Russian and Ukrainian tourists

Egypt hosts thousands of stranded Russian and Ukrainian tourists

According to the official data of the Ukrainian embassy in Cairo: the total number of Ukrainian tourists stranded in Egypt is about 20,000, while the number of Russian tourists and workers in Hurghada and Sharm el-Sheikh, according to the Russian Consulate in Hurghada, is about 37,000, totaling about 57,000 stranded tourists.

This means that the Tourism Fund provides $570,000 per day, beside the costs that the owners of hotels hosting the stranded tourists will bear.

The Egyptian government announced the hosting of Ukrainian and Russian tourists whose tourism trips ended in Egypt and were unable to return to their country due to the outbreak of war in Ukraine.

The Egyptian Ministry of Tourism circulated Circular No. 45 of 2022 to all hotels in South Sinai and the Red Sea governorates.

This stipulates that the Tourism Fund of the Ministry of Tourism will share part of the costs of Ukrainian tourists’.

This also includes accommodation in hotels and the guest will not be charged with any additional fees for their stay.

However a number of tourism experts say that so far there are no signs that this war will end anytime soon.

So far no European country has welcomed the Ukrainian embassy in Cairo’s request to transfer the