Promising Start to Egypt's Winter Tourism Season: Increasing Tourist Arrivals and Optimistic Outlook

The winter tourism season in Egypt began with great optimism among Egyptian tourism circles, especially with a revival in Egypt tours to winter destinations such as Cairo, Luxor, Aswan, Sharm El-Sheikh, Hurghada, and Marsa Alam.

The archaeological and tourist attractions in the city of Luxor witnessed a large number of Egypt group tours coming from Europe, and the Cultural Tourism Marketing Committee revealed the most important expectations for the upcoming winter season, which are represented by an increase in the number of tourist nights, expected Egypt travel packages, and the average rate of tourist spending during their Egypt classic tours. The committee considered that the coming winter is warm, carries positive indicators compared to previous seasons, and is considered the best, and this comes in the context of the state of stability that Egypt is witnessing.

Mohamed Othman, Chairman of the Cultural Tourism Marketing Committee, said that the tourism sector in Egypt has prepared for the upcoming winter season through various Egypt luxury tours, such as Egypt Christmas tours, to knock on the doors of markets exporting Egypt day tours through participation in archaeological and tourism exhibitions, the most recent of which was the sector’s participation in its official and private wings during the Russian Tourism Exhibition. Its rates increased by 60% during the last year compared to 2022.

He also pointed out that the joint trips between Hurghada and Luxor, which represent diversity in the tourism product, are one of the tributaries of these flows, which the sector is working to improve during the next winter season.

He added that the English market will increase the volume of its Egypt Tour Itineraries to the cultural tourism market at a rate of 4 tours per week, while the Chinese Dragon will return to leading the Southeast Asian markets to increase its flows to the Egyptian destinations, especially the Egypt Nile Cruise tours to Luxor and Aswan, in addition to a number of attractions located on the banks of the Nile. The president continued. The Cultural Tourism Marketing Committee stated that enhancing inflows increases average tourist spending by approximately 20% compared to 2022.

In the flying balloon sector, the Luxor Hot Air Balloon Ride departing west of Luxor Governorate achieved the highest flight departure rates in two days since the establishment of the balloon activity in Luxor, as 142 flights departed carrying about 3,213 tourists on board, as flying balloon flights are considered an adventure that has a special character and a great passion for it. The hearts of millions of tourists, as it departs from the west of Luxor Governorate on a daily basis and attracts the hearts of all tourist groups that have Luxor day tours, the capital of ancient Egyptian civilization, and everyone rushes to book their trips in the flying balloon without hesitation, as it holds a special magic for them.

The cities of Hurghada and Marsa Alam in the Red Sea are witnessing the arrival of large numbers of Egypt shore excursions carrying thousands of tourists of various nationalities.

The arrival schedules for Hurghada and Marsa Alam airports also revealed that they received approximately 35,000 arrivals on 175 flights from various international and European airports, with the highest arrival rates during the current week.

Marsa Alam International Airport is scheduled to receive 7,000 tourists arriving on 36 flights from various international and European airports.

During the past week, Egypt has welcomed a total of 28,000 foreign tourists who arrived at the airport via 138 tourist flights from 12 European countries. The majority of these visitors hail from Germany, the Czech Republic, Italy, and Poland, as indicated by the flight schedules provided by the respective airports. Additionally, Hurghada International Airport has received 28,000 tourists of diverse nationalities through 139 flights in recent days.