Tourism is finally on the rise again in Egypt following seven years of drastic decline in the aftermath of the 2011 Revolution. The Egypt Independent reports that British tourism is set to increase in 2018, with a huge growth in bookings and flights for the year. This comes after the country implemented a flight ban to Sharm El Sheikh following the downing of a Russian plane over the Sinai peninsula in October 2015 which killed everyone on board. UK-based tour operator Thomas Cook has also announced new travel routes to Egypt from the country’s East Midlands Airport, and will be resuming their flight to Marsa Alam which was suspended in 2008. The US-based tour company specialising in travel to Egypt, Central Holidays, has also announced new travel programs. Initial figures for the year show that Egypt has experienced a 35 percent increase in tourism in February 2017, welcoming 730000 travellers to the country. Egypt started to become a premier tourism destination from 1975 onwards, as it established new embassies and eased visa restrictions for most European and North American countries. Tourism became a major tourism major sector the Egyptian economy, providing, at its height in 2010, nearly $US…
