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Group travel to Egypt saw a 66.5% y-o-y surge in 2017, according to research by ForwardKeys, which also finds that travel to the Middle East and Africa grew by 10.5% in 2017. The report says that tourist arrivals are up thanks to a \u201crecovery from terror attacks that hit North Africa in 2015.\u201d It also attributes a general rise in travel around the world to more relaxed visa regulations that mean to attract more visitors. Tap or click here<\/a> for the full report.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Group travel to Egypt saw a 66.5% y-o-y surge in 2017, according to research by ForwardKeys, which also finds that travel to the Middle East and Africa grew by 10.5% in 2017. 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