Egypt Downplays Plane Crash Impact on Tourism Industry
- Ministry maintains outlook for 10 million tourists in 2017
- Rashed calls for lifting of travel bans imposed on Egypt
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Egypt’s tourism minister said last week’s EgyptAir plane crash is unlikely to affect government plans to attract millions of visitors next year.
The ministry is maintaining its projection that 10 million tourists will visit the North African nation in 2017, generating $12 billion in revenue, Yehia Rashed said in an interview Sunday in his office in Cairo. Egypt will not cut prices for vacationers because the country already offers "good value."