The World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC) says the country’s efforts to improve security infrastructure helped drive up visits 16.5% last year.
According to the WTTC, this has in turn allowed major operators to return to popular destinations such as Sharm el Sheikh.
Direct flights to Sharm are still banned by the UK government after a Russian aircraft was bombed shortly after taking off from Sharm.
However, besides the UK and Russia, the world’s wider tourism community has returned to the Red Sea resort.
It comes after a record year of growth for travel and tourism in Egypt, up 54.8%, with the sector now supporting 2.5 million jobs.
