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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. 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