{"id":647659,"date":"2017-05-16T03:53:33","date_gmt":"2017-05-16T03:53:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2017\/05\/16\/hajj-prices-spike-80-above-last-year\/"},"modified":"2017-05-16T03:53:33","modified_gmt":"2017-05-16T03:53:33","slug":"hajj-prices-spike-80-above-last-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2017\/05\/16\/hajj-prices-spike-80-above-last-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Hajj prices spike 80% above last year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hajj prices have risen by 80% compared to last year on the back of the float of the EGP, the Tourism Ministry says, <a href=\"http:\/\/gate.ahram.org.eg\/News\/1515249.aspx\">Ahram Gate<\/a> reports. A five-star program starts at EGP 100k, a four-star program is EGP 74k, an economy tier starts at EGP 49k, and the cheapest hajj by bus now costs EGP 50k. We had <a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.press\/stories\/2017\/04\/23\/hajj-demand-to-fall-by-at-least-30-as-prices-go-up\/\">noted<\/a> demand for hajj in Egypt is expected to fall by 30-40% y-o-y due to high prices.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hajj prices have risen by 80% compared to last year on the back of the float of the EGP, the Tourism Ministry says, Ahram Gate reports. 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