After years of decline, Egypt, and Cairo in particular, shows slow but certain signs of growth in the hotel sector. Performance, thanks to the gradual return of demand, is starting to improve. As the first destination in a series of analyses on North African cities, Cairo illustrates the renewal of the areas that have suffered a great deal over the past decade.
A key tourist destination for decades, Egypt welcomed nearly 15 million international visitors per year, before 2011. The Arab Spring, political unrest and multiple terrorist attacks then caused the tourism industry to crumble. In 2016, Egypt welcomed only 5.25 million visitors, about a third of the...
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