Egypt aims to increase tourist visits by 11% in FY2019-2020

Egypt is hoping to attract 12 mn tourists in FY2019-2020, an 11% y-o-y increase, according to a government document seen by Reuters. The government is also looking at increasing the cumulative number of nights spent by tourists in the country to 127 mn from 113 mn during the last fiscal year. Tourist arrivals in Egypt reached 11.3 mn visitors in 2018, up from 8.3 mn in 2017, a World Tourism Organization official said in February.