Tourism
minister of Egypt said to media that Egypt expects to receive
more than 12 million tourists by the end of 2012.
Minister
Mounir Fakhry Abdel Nour said at a press conference in Cairo that
Egypt received 5,242,652 tourists during the first six
months of 2012, a 27 percent rise on the same period of 2011. He
noted a significant rise in tourist arrivals from Russia, Poland and
Germany in particular.
"I
expect that the second half of the year will witness great recovery
in tourism," Abdel Nour added.
“I
expect that Egypt will be able to receive more than 12
milliontourists; a 23 percent rise over the previous year by the end
of 2012” cited Abdel Nour.