CAIRO, April 29 – RIA Novosti. The Egyptian government decided to reduce the price of aviation fuel in support of the tourism industry, it is told in received RIA Novosti news Agency the press release of the Ministry of tourism.
According to the report, on Wednesday met Minister of tourism of Egypt Khaled al-Anani with the oil Minister, Tarek El-Mulla. They discussed a number of measures to support the tourism industry in light of the situation with coronavirus.
the Governor of the province of the Red sea AMR Hanafi had not ruled out that hotels on the Egyptian coast of the red sea can resume a limited reception of clients in the case of a stable situation with coronavirus, while the staff and travelers will need to document the absence of disease.
the Central Bank of Egypt announced on 31 March that the revenues from tourism in 2019 reached a record level, exceeding $ 13 billion, the country was visited by about 13.1 million tourists. The member of the chamber of travel agencies of Egypt Karim Muhsin earlier told RIA Novosti that the profit of the tourism industry in March-may of this year is expected to be zero.
the Total number of cases of coronavirus in Egypt is 5042, 1304 persons were recovered, killing 359. The country has a curfew, suspended domestic and international passenger air transportation. The authorities closed all beaches in the country.
