That was the message from Amr El Ezabi, director of UK and Ireland for the Egyptian State Tourist Authority, after the country lost its second largest British tour operator.
“It’s a real pity – I can’t understand how this has been allowed to happen,” El Ezabi told TTG.
“Egypt has had an excellent long-term relationship with Thomas Cook dating to the 1860s.
“They were the second-largest provider of holidaymakers to Egypt from the UK – and they were expanding in Egypt, they were planning new hotel openings.”
