Egypt looks for new ways to attract tourists: tourism official

Egypt looks for new ways to attract tourists: tourism official

Deputy Minister of Tourism Ghada Shalaby announced that Egypt is looking for new routes to attract tourists, after the conflict between Russia and Ukraine led to stopping trips from the two most important and largest markets for Egyptian tourism.

Among the options is to transfer Russian tourists to Egypt through a third country, such as Turkey, if sanctions allow.

Shalaby added that during the coming period Egypt will work more on the markets of the Arab Gulf and Western Europe, such as Germany, France, Italy, UK and Hungary.

In addition, the ministry is working with the Ministry of Civil Aviation to study options to reach distant markets such as Southeast Asia and Latin America.

The negative economic effects of the Russian-Ukrainian war on European tourism movement will extend from one to three years from the date this war stopped, Ali Ghoneim, a member of the General Assembly of the Egyptian Federation of Tourist Chambers, said.

For the citizens of the two warring countries, the negative impact will extend for three years until the situation recovers, he added.

As for neighboring countries, the negative effects may be felt for up to two years, while the rest of the European countries far from the conflict area will be