Sun is the overriding theme in the foreign press this morning , whether it's powering our appliances or bringing crowds of British tourists to our shores (with a little help from the EGP).

British tourists flock to Egypt amid a falling EGP: Brits are booking more than twice the number of summer trips to Egypt compared with before the pandemic in 2019, the Press Association reports, citing figures from online travel agency On the Beach. The combination of the strengthening GBP and the weaker EGP, which has almost halved in value since March 2022, is making Egypt particularly attractive amid a global rebound in tourism, the newswire reports.

It’s not just the Brits: Egypt welcomed a record 7 mn tourists in 1H 2023, up more than 40% y-o-y. Hotel occupancy rates across the country also jumped during the first half of the year, climbing to 80% from 65% during the same period last year.

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