How many tourists visit Egypt each year?

The total number of tourists surged up from 4.7 million tourists in 2001 to 5.2 million in 2002, 6 million tourists in 2003 and then to 8.2 million in 2004.

Head of the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics Abu-Bakr Al-Gindi said according to the study of the rate of increase in Arab tourists numbers in the last four years ranged between 18.5% and 20.9% while the rate of European tourists ranged between 67.4% and 73%, and American tourists between 3.5% and 5.4%.

The total number of Arab tourists amounted to 4.9 million; European tourists, 16.9 million; and American tourists, 868 thousands.