Egypt lost out on the German market last year, but next summer could be promising

The German short- and medium-haul package holiday market was stable at just under 27.8 mn in 2015-16, but Turkey, Egypt, and Tunisia, along with Morocco and Cyprus lost out on the German market, tourism portal FVW reported. The number of German tourists visiting Egypt in 2016 dropped by 37% y-o-y to 669k. However, there could be a glimmer of hope as tour operator TUI said demand for summer 2017 bookings was "significantly" above the level seen at this point last year and that Germans were once again booking their holidays earlier, according to Reuters. The report did not mention where the majority of the books were to.