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Cairo to keep its 5th place as tourist top destinations in MENA

17 Oct 2016

(MENAFN) Cairo maintained its rank amid the top five tourist destinations in the MENA region for the fifth consecutive year in terms of global visitors.

The country posted a growth rate of 1.5 percent in the number of global overnight visitors in 2015/2016.

In addition, the amount spent by visitors in Cairo reached USD1.1bn in this year, surpassing the faster growing markets like Cape Town.

Almost 98.5 percent of visitors to Cairo are coming for leisure in addition to other purposes, while Qatar, Jordan and KSA are the top three feeder countries for Cairo.

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