Sharm El Sheikh was among the most popular international destinations for the Ukrainian tourists in 2019, according to Ukraine's Sikorsky Kyiv International Airport's statistics.
In a post on the airport’s Facebook page, the destinations included Minsk, Warsaw, Rome, Vienna, Ankara, and Berlin as well as Sharm El Sheikh.
In the first nine months of 2019, the airport served 1.959 million passengers on international flights, 153,800 only in September.
According to Kyiv Post, the Ukrainian holidaying families tend to enjoy the Red Sea resort’s turquoise water and sunshine in light of the affordable prices of trips to Egypt.
Tourism in the Red Sea resorts had witnessed a boom after a series of procedures taken by the Tourism Ministry and foreign governments to ease travel to these destinations.
For example, Hurghada topped German tourists’ bookings in the last-minute summer holidays in July.
Also, earlier this year, Germany had lifted a travel ban on which prevented its nationals from traveling to Taba, South Sinai.
Such rankings are indicators of Egyptian tourism’s success and prove its great return to global tourism in light of the Tourism Ministry’s keenness on opening new markets to attract more tourists.
It is worth mentioning that 11.3 million tourists visited Egypt in 2018, 61% of them are Europeans. In 2018, tourists spent 121 million nights in Egypt.
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