Egypt ranks 1st in Africa on the Travel and Tourism Development Index

Egypt ranks 1st in Africa on the Travel and Tourism Development Index

Egypt ranked first in Africa, fifth in the Middle East and North Africa, and 51st globally, on the 2021 Travel and Tourism Development Index (TTDI) issued by the World Economic Forum.

Thus, Egypt’s assessment on this indicator has improved by six degrees compared to 2019, making it one of the few countries in the world that has witnessed a significant improvement in assessment compared to 2019, recording 4.2 points out of 7.

The report classifies 117 economies according to a set of factors and policies related to the sustainability, resilience and development of the tourism and travel sector, which in turn contributes to the development of the country in general.

The indicator consists of five subindexes, which are: Enabling Environment, Travel and Tourism Policy and Enabling Conditions, Infrastructure, Travel and Tourism

Demand Drivers, and Travel and Tourism

Sustainability.

The tourism sector in Egypt is making unremitting efforts to restore tourist flows from the most important exporting markets for tourism, led by Russia, whose incoming movement has been affected by the war between Russia and Ukraine since February.

Travel agents of the Russian tourism company Tez Tour in the Red Sea Governorate announced in May that the company will provide travel on charter flights from Russia to the