The Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics reported that tourist numbers declined by 32.4 percent to reach 755,000 tourists last March, compared to one million tourists in March 2013.
The agency said in a statement Tuesday that Eastern Europe accounted for the highest number of tourists during the month of March, followed by Western Europe and the Middle East.
The number of nights spent by tourists fell by 43.6 percent to reach 6.7 million nights during the month of March 2014, compared to 11.9 million nights during the same month in 2013, the statement added.
Eastern Europe occupied the largest share with 40 percent of the number of nights, followed by Western Europe with 37.9 percent and the Middle East with 41.9 percent, according to the statement.
The number of tourists coming from Arab countries reached 119,200 tourists during the month of March 2014, compared to 180,300 tourists during the same month in 2013. This represents a decline of 33.9 percent in Arab tourists and 15.8 percent of the total number of tourists who visited Egypt.
The number of nights spent by Arab tourists reached 1.2 million nights during the month of March 2014, compared to 1.7 million nights during the same month last year. This is a decline equal to 30.6 percent of the nights spent by Arab tourists and 17.8 percent of the total number of nights, said the statement.
The average number of nights spent by tourists reached 9.6 nights in March 2014, compared to 12.1 nights in March 2013.
Edited translation from MENA
