Luxor, Aswan Nile hotels see 60% occupancy this summer for first time since 2011

The occupancy rate at floating hotels in Luxor and Aswan reached 60% this summer for the first time since January 2011 amid a large number of visitors from Germany, Spain, China and Japan, Princess Cruise Line Chairman Ehab Abdel Aal said, according to Al Shorouk. Reservations during the winter season, which begins in October, at floating and other hotels is over 90%, Abdel Aal said, expecting full occupancy within the last 10 days of the month as Opera Aida kicks off in Luxor. Princess Cruise Line inaugurated this week a new floating hotel with EGP 70 mn in investments, Abdel Aal said.