Tourists’ average spending rises 7.5% y-o-y in 1H2017 to USD 88.2

Spending by the average visitor to Egypt rose by 7.5% y-o-y to USD 88.20 a day in 1H2017, Tourism Ministry officials tell Daily News Egypt. The increase was driven by a change in the tourist demographic visiting Egypt, they said, explaining that there has been an influx in visitors from Japan, China, and the Gulf recently. The central bank had announced yesterday that tourism receipts for FY2016-17 grew by 16.2% y-o-y as the result of improved tourist arrival figures between January and June 2017.