He added that tourism sector workers hope to increase the volume of traffic to Egypt during the coming summer. The Foreign Ministry had decided to raise entry fees to Egypt in February starting March 1. Raising entry visa fees would decrease the inflow of tourists, said Bashar Abu Taleb, captain of the Red Sea tour guides. Egypt has been battling to recover its badly-affected tourism sector over the course of 2016, after years of political turmoil since the 25 January uprising. This was exacerbated by the downing of the Russian plane in October 2015, which killed all 224 passengers and crew on board, most of them Russian tourists.

Source: Egypt Independent March 22, 2017 11:37 UTC