Full 100% occupancy is expected in hotels in Egypt in the near future, which means only one thing – the beginning of overbooking, when tourists are in dire need of free rooms. According to the head of the Tourist Syndicate Basem Halaka, the occupancy rate of hotels is expected to increase to 100% in the near future “with the beginning of the holiday season and the success of the tourism sector in implementing precautionary measures.” This is both domestic and inbound tourism, which will increase the occupancy of hotels, especially in the areas of Sharm el-Sheikh, Hurghada, Luxor and Aswan. However, the expert did not name the exact period when this overbooking will start and how long it will last.
Strengthening domestic tourism has been facilitated by a number of initiatives put forward by the Ministry of Tourism in conjunction with the Ministry of Civil Aviation, airlines and the Chamber of Hotel Enterprises, in addition to launching cheap flights, to encourage travel and accommodation. For all types of tourists, including inbound, tourist programs have also been developed, to which new facilities have been added, including Rams Road, the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization, new museums in Sharm el-Sheikh, and religious tourism programs. .
“Egypt still receives groups of foreign tourists daily at Sharm el-Sheikh, Marsa Alam, Hurghada and Luxor airports. The Ministry of Tourism follows strict procedures together with the Ministry of Health to ensure the safety of hotels and support foreign investment and Egyptian workers who depend on tourism as a source of income, “he added. Interestingly, he did not name Russia among the supplier countries – in his opinion, the most famous countries that export tourism to Egypt include Germany, Lithuania, Ukraine, Romania, Albania and Spain.
The head of the Chamber of Travel Companies of Luxor, Tarwat al-Agami, also added that the hotels offer reasonable prices, which are not expected to increase this year. “Hotel revenues from domestic tourism in Hurghada and Sharm el-Sheikh reached 50%. Accommodation prices for foreign tourists will also be adequate, “he said.
We will remind, earlier DIP reported that “the prices for May holidays to Egypt equaled with the prices for the Dominican Republic“.
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