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Thomas Cook is planning to bring in 500k tourists to Egypt this year from various countries, said Moudy El Shaer<\/a><\/u>, chairman of Blue Sky Travel, which markets travel packages for Thomas Cook. The company reported a 50% y-o-y jump in the number of inbound tourists during 1H2018, according to El Shaer. Marsa Alam and Hurghada are seeing the biggest jump in bookings, while winter bookings to Luxor are up 20% y-o-y. Thomas Cook raised the number of its trips to Egypt, especially from Germany to Sharm El Sheikh, he added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Thomas Cook is planning to bring in 500k tourists to Egypt this year from various countries, said Moudy El Shaer, chairman of Blue Sky Travel, which markets travel packages for Thomas Cook. The company reported a 50% y-o-y jump in the number of inbound tourists during 1H2018, according to El Shaer. 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