Japanese tourist in Egypt – from the Tourism Ministry official websiteCAIRO – 10 July 2020: Tourism Minister Khaled el-Anani said that 60 percent of the tourists who visited Egypt in 2019, came from Europe, according to a statement. Anani asserted that the Egyptian state is working on restoring the pre-coronavirus tourism levels as soon as possible. "The Egyptian state is working on creating new tourist-attracting destinations inside Egypt," the statement said. Meanwhile, Saeed said that the tourism sector has an important role to play in increasing local production and providing promising job opportunities. "Egypt is always aiming at attracting tourists from new markets," Saeed said.

Source: Egypt Today July 10, 2020 09:45 UTC