Egyptian Tourism Falls After Rioting by Troops
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CAIRO — Tourism in Egypt over the last week was sharply down from the rate a year ago, Tourism Minister Fuad Sultan reported Wednesday.
He said the number of tourists entering Egypt from Feb. 25, when security troops went on a a rampage near the Great Pyramids and in other parts of Cairo, totaled 8,000 through Tuesday, down from 18,000 last year.
The drop cost the country about $750,000 a day, Sultan said. Tourism is the country’s fourth largest source of foreign currency.
“If the present drop in the rate of tourists remained, it would be a crisis,” Sultan said.
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