Director of the Egyptian Museum reveals the reason for the queues of tourists in Tahrir Square

The past few days witnessed a huge turnout from tourists on cities Hurghada And Sharm El Sheikh Luxor and Aswan, where tourists from Europe in particular prefer to visit Egypt in the winter due to the warm weather, according to tourism professionals.

For her part, the Director General of the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir Square, Sabah Abdel Razek, said in a statement to the website "Sky News Arabia" All tourism companies operating in Egypt put the visit of the Egyptian Museum as a main shrine in the schedule of tourist delegations.

She explained that the past two days witnessed a huge turnout of tourists to the museum to the extent that tourists queued in long queues in front of the museum’s door.

She stressed that despite facilitating and speeding up the procedures for tourists to enter the museum, the huge numbers created the scene that everyone saw in the pictures that spotted the queues in front of the museum.

She said that all of Egypt’s tourist attractions witnessed a great turnout, but the Egyptian Museum had the lion’s share, given that it is a major shrine on the tourists’ schedule and due to its ancient and international fame, and the keenness of tourists to visit the Golden Tanis Hall inside it because of its unparalleled effects and characterized by its golden color.

Expect more

Sabah Abdel Razek confirmed that the turnout is expected to increase further during the coming period, given that the tourist season is in its infancy, noting that the number of tourists who flocked to Egypt this year is more than last year.

The Egyptian Museum in Tahrir Square in central Cairo witnessed a large turnout of Egyptians who queued in front of it on September 27, because entry was free on the occasion of the celebration of World Tourism Day.

It should be noted that a recent report issued by the Egyptian Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics revealed that Egypt’s tourism revenues rose at the end of the last fiscal year to $10.7 billion, at a rate of $6 billion, compared to $4.9 billion at the end of the previous fiscal year.

According to the report, the number of tourist nights spent by tourists in the first half of 2022 amounted to 52.6 million tourist nights, compared to 32.2 million nights in the same period last year, an increase of 63.6 percent.

The General Mobilization and Statistics Agency revealed that Eastern European countries were the most visited regions for tourists to Egypt during 2021, with a rate of 50.6%, followed by the Middle East with 18.9%, Western Europe with 16.4% and Africa with 7.1%.

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The past few days witnessed a huge turnout from tourists on cities Hurghada And Sharm El Sheikh Luxor and Aswan, where tourists from Europe in particular prefer to visit Egypt in the winter due to the warm weather, according to tourism professionals.

For her part, Director-General of the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir Square, Sabah Abdel Razek, said in a statement to “Sky News Arabia” that all tourism companies operating in Egypt place the visit of the Egyptian Museum as an essential shrine in the schedule of tourist delegations.

She explained that the past two days witnessed a huge turnout of tourists to the museum to the extent that tourists queued in long queues in front of the museum’s door.

She stressed that despite facilitating and speeding up the procedures for tourists to enter the museum, the huge numbers created the scene that everyone saw in the pictures that spotted the queues in front of the museum.

She said that all of Egypt’s tourist attractions witnessed a great turnout, but the Egyptian Museum had the lion’s share, given that it is a major shrine on the tourists’ schedule and due to its antiquity and international fame, and tourists were keen to visit the Tanis Golden Hall inside it because of its unparalleled effects and characterized by its golden color.

Expect more

Sabah Abdel Razek confirmed that the turnout is expected to increase more during the coming period, given that the tourist season is in its infancy, noting that the number of tourists who flocked to Egypt this year is more than last year.

The Egyptian Museum in Tahrir Square in central Cairo witnessed a large turnout of Egyptians who queued in front of it on September 27, because entry was free on the occasion of the celebration of World Tourism Day.

It is worth noting that a recent report issued by the Egyptian Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics revealed that Egypt’s tourism revenues rose at the end of the last fiscal year to $10.7 billion, at a rate of $6 billion, compared to $4.9 billion at the end of the previous fiscal year.

According to the report, the number of tourist nights spent by tourists in the first half of 2022 amounted to 52.6 million tourist nights, compared to 32.2 million nights in the same period last year, an increase of 63.6 percent.

The General Mobilization and Statistics Agency revealed that Eastern European countries were the most visited regions for tourists to Egypt during 2021, with a rate of 50.6%, followed by the Middle East with 18.9%, Western Europe with 16.4% and Africa with 7.1%.

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