In 2023, the number of tourist arrivals in Egypt amounted to about ** million, up from around ** million in the previous year. In 2020, tourist arrivals were at its lowest, at **** million. The significant drop was mainly due to travel restrictions implemented due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Within the period under review, two major declines in arrivals can be recognized, one in 2016 and the other in 2020. In 2015, a Russian plane crashed in the Sinai Peninsula, significantly leading to the drop in 2016. Egypt as a top tourist spot on the continent Since 2020, Egypt has been leading Africa in tourist arrivals. In 2019, the country ranked second to Morocco, which registered over **** million tourists. In fact, both countries held leading positions in terms of international tourism receipts. In 2023, inbound tourism expenditure reached around **** billion U.S. dollars, while that of Morocco added up to **** billion U.S. dollars. Overall, according to the travel and tourism competitiveness index, Egypt is the third highest-ranking African country in terms of its attractiveness in tourism sector development, just after South Africa and Mauritius. A popular destination for Europeans Egypt is a globally famous tourist site, mainly for Europeans. In 2022, around *** million European visitors visited Egypt, the highest number compared to other regions. Furthermore, as of the latest data in 2019, the country had almost ******* hotel rooms to accommodate tourists. That year, the occupancy rate for the rooms stood at over ** percent. 

Egypt EG: International Tourism: Number of Arrivals data was reported at 5,258,000.000 Person in 2016. This records a decrease from the previous number of 9,139,000.000 Person for 2015. Egypt EG: International Tourism: Number of Arrivals data is updated yearly, averaging 8,019,500.000 Person from Dec 1995 (Median) to 2016, with 22 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 14,051,000.000 Person in 2010 and a record low of 2,871,000.000 Person in 1995. Egypt EG: International Tourism: Number of Arrivals data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Egypt – Table EG.World Bank.WDI: Tourism Statistics. International inbound tourists (overnight visitors) are the number of tourists who travel to a country other than that in which they have their usual residence, but outside their usual environment, for a period not exceeding 12 months and whose main purpose in visiting is other than an activity remunerated from within the country visited. When data on number of tourists are not available, the number of visitors, which includes tourists, same-day visitors, cruise passengers, and crew members, is shown instead. Sources and collection methods for arrivals differ across countries. In some cases data are from border statistics (police, immigration, and the like) and supplemented by border surveys. In other cases data are from tourism accommodation establishments. For some countries number of arrivals is limited to arrivals by air and for others to arrivals staying in hotels. Some countries include arrivals of nationals residing abroad while others do not. Caution should thus be used in comparing arrivals across countries. The data on inbound tourists refer to the number of arrivals, not to the number of people traveling. Thus a person who makes several trips to a country during a given period is counted each time as a new arrival.; ; World Tourism Organization, Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files.; Gap-filled total;

In the first half of 2021, the Egyptian tourism industry generated total revenue of about *** billion U.S. dollars. Furthermore, the country generated *** billion U.S. dollars in revenue the year before, a significant drop compared to **** billion U.S. dollars in 2019.

Egypt EG: International Tourism: Receipts: % of Total Exports data was reported at 9.828 % in 2016. This records a decrease from the previous number of 18.358 % for 2015. Egypt EG: International Tourism: Receipts: % of Total Exports data is updated yearly, averaging 23.451 % from Dec 1995 (Median) to 2016, with 22 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 29.606 % in 1999 and a record low of 9.828 % in 2016. Egypt EG: International Tourism: Receipts: % of Total Exports data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Egypt – Table EG.World Bank.WDI: Tourism Statistics. International tourism receipts are expenditures by international inbound visitors, including payments to national carriers for international transport. These receipts include any other prepayment made for goods or services received in the destination country. They also may include receipts from same-day visitors, except when these are important enough to justify separate classification. For some countries they do not include receipts for passenger transport items. Their share in exports is calculated as a ratio to exports of goods and services, which comprise all transactions between residents of a country and the rest of the world involving a change of ownership from residents to nonresidents of general merchandise, goods sent for processing and repairs, nonmonetary gold, and services.; ; World Tourism Organization, Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files, and IMF and World Bank exports estimates.; Weighted average;

Egypt EG: International Tourism: Receipts data was reported at 3.305 USD bn in 2016. This records a decrease from the previous number of 6.897 USD bn for 2015. Egypt EG: International Tourism: Receipts data is updated yearly, averaging 6.537 USD bn from Dec 1995 (Median) to 2016, with 22 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 13.633 USD bn in 2010 and a record low of 2.942 USD bn in 1998. Egypt EG: International Tourism: Receipts data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Egypt – Table EG.World Bank.WDI: Tourism Statistics. International tourism receipts are expenditures by international inbound visitors, including payments to national carriers for international transport. These receipts include any other prepayment made for goods or services received in the destination country. They also may include receipts from same-day visitors, except when these are important enough to justify separate classification. For some countries they do not include receipts for passenger transport items. Data are in current U.S. dollars.; ; World Tourism Organization, Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files.; Gap-filled total;

In 2022, the total number of tourist arrivals to Egypt amounted to ***** million, an increase of **** million tourists compared to 2022. During the period under review, two drops can be recognized, one in 2020, which can be linked to the travel restriction implemented due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, another drop can be recognized in the number of tourists arriving by air in 2016, which was after a Russian airplane crashed in the Sinai peninsula in 2015.

Tourism Revenues in Egypt increased to 14.40 USD Billion in 2024 from 13.60 USD Billion in 2023. This dataset provides - Egypt Tourism Revenues- actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

In 2020/2021, tourism industry investments in Egypt amounted to a total value of about *********** Egyptian pounds (around ****** million U.S. dollars).This was higher than the *********** Egyptian pounds invested in the sector the year before. In the first half of 2021, the country's tourism revenue reached *********** U.S. dollars.

In 2023, the tourist expenditure in Egypt was valued at around 14.1 billion U.S. dollars. Compared to the previous year, this was higher by around 1.9 billion U.S. dollars. Tourism expenditure in the country oscillated, peaking in 2023 over the observed period. Moreover, the spending dropped significantly in 2016 and 2020. The 2016 drop can be linked to a Russian plane crash in 2015, which departed from Sharm El Sheikh International Airport. This led to a decline in the number of tourist arrivals and, in turn, tourist expenditure. The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic was the primary reason for the other dip in tourism expenditure that occurred in 2020.

Egypt EG: International Tourism: Receipts: for Travel Items data was reported at 2.645 USD bn in 2016. This records a decrease from the previous number of 6.065 USD bn for 2015. Egypt EG: International Tourism: Receipts: for Travel Items data is updated yearly, averaging 6.056 USD bn from Dec 1995 (Median) to 2016, with 22 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 12.528 USD bn in 2010 and a record low of 2.565 USD bn in 1998. Egypt EG: International Tourism: Receipts: for Travel Items data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Egypt – Table EG.World Bank.WDI: Tourism Statistics. International tourism receipts for travel items are expenditures by international inbound visitors in the reporting economy. The goods and services are purchased by, or on behalf of, the traveler or provided, without a quid pro quo, for the traveler to use or give away. These receipts should include any other prepayment made for goods or services received in the destination country. They also may include receipts from same-day visitors, except in cases where these are so important as to justify a separate classification. Excluded is the international carriage of travelers, which is covered in passenger travel items. Data are in current U.S. dollars.; ; World Tourism Organization, Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files.; Gap-filled total;

Inbound tourism expenditure in Egypt accounted for 43.4 percent of exports of services in 2021. Compared to the previous year, this was an increase from around 32.4 percent. Furthermore, inbound tourism expenditure faced was lowest in 2016 at 24.3 percent.

Egypt EG: International Tourism: Expenditures data was reported at 4.351 USD bn in 2016. This records an increase from the previous number of 3.636 USD bn for 2015. Egypt EG: International Tourism: Expenditures data is updated yearly, averaging 2.044 USD bn from Dec 1995 (Median) to 2016, with 22 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 4.351 USD bn in 2016 and a record low of 1.206 USD bn in 2000. Egypt EG: International Tourism: Expenditures data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Egypt – Table EG.World Bank.WDI: Tourism Statistics. International tourism expenditures are expenditures of international outbound visitors in other countries, including payments to foreign carriers for international transport. These expenditures may include those by residents traveling abroad as same-day visitors, except in cases where these are important enough to justify separate classification. For some countries they do not include expenditures for passenger transport items. Data are in current U.S. dollars.; ; World Tourism Organization, Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files.; Gap-filled total;

This statistic described the direct tourism contribution of Cairo to the gross domestic product of Egypt from 2006 to 2016 and a forecast for 2026. The forecast of the direct tourism contribution of Cairo to the GDP of Egypt for 2026 was approximately 2.4 billion U.S. dollars.

Egypt: International tourism revenue, percent of GDP: The latest value from 2020 is 1.27 percent, a decline from 4.47 percent in 2019. In comparison, the world average is 3.33 percent, based on data from 125 countries. Historically, the average for Egypt from 1995 to 2020 is 4.79 percent. The minimum value, 0.99 percent, was reached in 2016 while the maximum of 8.04 percent was recorded in 2005.

Egypt EG: International Tourism: Expenditures: for Travel Items data was reported at 4.110 USD bn in 2016. This records an increase from the previous number of 3.442 USD bn for 2015. Egypt EG: International Tourism: Expenditures: for Travel Items data is updated yearly, averaging 1.706 USD bn from Dec 1995 (Median) to 2016, with 22 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 4.110 USD bn in 2016 and a record low of 1.072 USD bn in 2000. Egypt EG: International Tourism: Expenditures: for Travel Items data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Egypt – Table EG.World Bank.WDI: Tourism Statistics. International tourism expenditures are expenditures of international outbound visitors in other countries. The goods and services are purchased by, or on behalf of, the traveler or provided, without a quid pro quo, for the traveler to use or give away. These may include expenditures by residents traveling abroad as same-day visitors, except in cases where these are so important as to justify a separate classification. Excluded is the international carriage of travelers, which is covered in passenger travel items. Data are in current U.S. dollars.; ; World Tourism Organization, Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files.; Gap-filled total;

This statistic describes the annual growth rate of the hospitality industry in Egypt from 2016 to 2018. The forecasts for the hospitality industry in Egypt predict a decline of **** percent for 2018.

Number of arrivals of Egypt jumped by 14.81% from 11,346,000 number in 2018 to 13,026,000 number in 2019. Since the 42.12% drop in 2016, number of arrivals shot up by 141.27% in 2019. International inbound tourists (overnight visitors) are the number of tourists who travel to a country other than that in which they have their usual residence, but outside their usual environment, for a period not exceeding 12 months and whose main purpose in visiting is other than an activity remunerated from within the country visited. When data on number of tourists are not available, the number of visitors, which includes tourists, same-day visitors, cruise passengers, and crew members, is shown instead. Sources and collection methods for arrivals differ across countries. In some cases data are from border statistics (police, immigration, and the like) and supplemented by border surveys. In other cases data are from tourism accommodation establishments. For some countries number of arrivals is limited to arrivals by air and for others to arrivals staying in hotels. Some countries include arrivals of nationals residing abroad while others do not. Caution should thus be used in comparing arrivals across countries. The data on inbound tourists refer to the number of arrivals, not to the number of people traveling. Thus a person who makes several trips to a country during a given period is counted each time as a new arrival.

This statistic described the direct tourism contribution of Cairo to the employment of Egypt from 2006 to 2016 and a forecast for 2026. The forecast of the direct tourism contribution of Cairo to the employment of Egypt for 2026 was approximately 129.1 thousand.

Egypt EG: International Tourism: Expenditures: % of Total Imports data was reported at 6.416 % in 2016. This records an increase from the previous number of 5.352 % for 2015. Egypt EG: International Tourism: Expenditures: % of Total Imports data is updated yearly, averaging 5.545 % from Dec 1995 (Median) to 2016, with 22 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 7.999 % in 1995 and a record low of 4.195 % in 2011. Egypt EG: International Tourism: Expenditures: % of Total Imports data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Egypt – Table EG.World Bank.WDI: Tourism Statistics. International tourism expenditures are expenditures of international outbound visitors in other countries, including payments to foreign carriers for international transport. These expenditures may include those by residents traveling abroad as same-day visitors, except in cases where these are important enough to justify separate classification. For some countries they do not include expenditures for passenger transport items. Their share in imports is calculated as a ratio to imports of goods and services, which comprise all transactions between residents of a country and the rest of the world involving a change of ownership from nonresidents to residents of general merchandise, goods sent for processing and repairs, nonmonetary gold, and services.; ; World Tourism Organization, Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files, and IMF and World Bank imports estimates.; Weighted average;

In 2022, around ***** million tourists arrived in Egypt by aircraft, which was an increase of ***** percent from the preceding year. During the period under review, two drops can be recognized, one in 2020, which can be linked to the travel restriction implemented due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, another drop can be recognized in the number of tourists arriving by air in 2016, which was after a Russian airplane crashed in the Sinai peninsula in 2015.