Egypt receives 8.103m tourists (over 8 million)

Trade Arabia ^ | Thursday, January 13, 2005 | Reuters

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Egypt received 8.103 million tourists last year, a 34 per cent increase on 2003, the Al Ahram newspaper reported. The Tourism Ministry previously reported 6.04 million tourists visited Egypt in 2003, when the Iraq war hurt tourist numbers early in that year. A central bank report showed that tourism revenues were $6.12 billion last year, the newspaper reported... Tourism minister Ahmed el-Maghrabi said last month that Egypt wanted to double the number of tourists that visit the country to 16 million during the next 10 years.

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Looks like tourists to Egypt spend about $750 a head on average, pretty cheap!

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Hard to believe after the episode a few years back in 1996 and 1997 when the western tourists were slaughtered.

http://www.usdivetravel.com/T-EgyptTerrorism.html

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yeah, at Luxor. Some of the murderers made the mistake of assuming other Egyptians wouldn't jump on 'em. Kent Weeks got his staff inside KV5 where they lay hidden. Theban Mapping Project

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