An increase in Arab tourism is expected over the upcoming months after the Eid holiday next week, with increases in bookings from Arab countries, according to workers in tourism. They expected an increase in Arab tourists so that the total number would be up to 2.8 million, compared to 2.5 million last year. Hussein Shoukry, the director of Safir hotel in Cairo, said that hotels of central Cairo will be the ones most attractive for Arab tourism over the upcoming months. He expected occupancy in Cairo hotels to increase to more than 75% with the flow of Arab families. El Zayat explained that Arab tourism is different from European tourism in terms of being more repetitive.

Source: Daily News Egypt July 06, 2017 05:48 UTC