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<\/a> Egypt welcomed 730k tourists in February 2018, marking a 36% y-o-y increase compared to the same period last year,<\/strong> according to Tourism Ministry data carried by Al Shorouk<\/a>. Germany was our top inbound market<\/a> with 115.5k arrivals in Egypt, followed by 87k from Ukraine and 35k from the UK. Group travel to EGypt was up 66.5% y-o-y<\/a>in 2017 as Egyptian have found new cost competitiveness against other global competitors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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