The North African country received around 3.5 million tourists from January to June, Shalaby said.
The country’s revenues from the tourism sector stood at about $4 billion in 2020 amid the coronavirus pandemic, down by 70 percent from $13.03 billion recorded 2019.
“We are expecting that numbers of tourists will increase by 45% to 60% during the next period compared with last year,” Shalaby further told Reuters.
The average spending of a tourist per night is around $95, she said.
Tourism revenue is a vital source of foreign currency for Egypt and the industry usually accounts for up to 15 percent of the country’s gross domestic product (GDP).