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EGY

Egypt, Arab Rep.

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan

Egypt, Arab Rep. is a tourism destination in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan. This dashboard presents the best available tourism indicators and historical arrivals data from official sources.

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International Tourist Arrivals

18,902,101

Latest verified value · 2025

International Tourism Receipts

$17.2B

Latest verified value · 2024

Tourism Direct Share of GDP

4.3%

Latest verified value · 2014

TCTI Destination Profile

Growing tourism destination

Egypt, Arab Rep. has experienced rapid long-term tourism growth. This profile is calculated from the best available annual and monthly tourism records currently held by TCTI.

Executive tourism profile for Egypt, Arab Rep.

Profile confidence

50

/ 100

Confidence reflects the intelligence modules currently supported by compatible source data.

Growth profile

Rapid growth

Seasonality profile

Not yet available

What this means

  • Rapid visitor growth may increase demand for accommodation, transport, infrastructure, and destination management.

The destination profile combines TCTI's available growth and seasonality intelligence. Confidence reflects whether both compatible annual-arrivals and monthly-tourist-night datasets are available.

Tourism Intelligence

Executive summary

A concise interpretation of the strongest official tourism records currently available for Egypt, Arab Rep..

3 indicators available
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan
Lower middle income

Egypt, Arab Rep. is a tourism destination in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan. This dashboard presents the best available tourism indicators and historical arrivals data from official sources.

International tourist arrivals were 18,902,101 in 2025. International tourism receipts were $17.2B in 2024. Tourism's direct contribution to GDP was 4.3% in 2014.

The figures shown here are drawn from OECD and UN Tourism. Reporting years may differ between indicators because TCTI displays the strongest verified or published value currently available for each measure.

Derived Intelligence

Tourism growth

How international tourist arrivals changed between 2015 and 2025.

TCTI Growth Insight

Rapid growth

Confidence

95%

Egypt, Arab Rep.'s international tourist arrivals increased by 106.8% between 2015 and 2025. This is equivalent to an average annual growth rate of +7.5%. The sharpest annual decline was 71.9% in 2020.

Total growth

+106.8%

2015 to 2025

Average annual growth

+7.5%

Compound annual growth rate

Starting arrivals

9.1M

Reported in 2015

Latest arrivals

18.9M

Reported in 2025

Largest annual increase

+120.2%

Change recorded in 2021

Largest annual decline

-71.9%

Change recorded in 2020

What this means

  • Long-term growth trends can indicate changes in destination popularity.
  • Growth should be interpreted alongside seasonality, visitor spending, and tourism dependence.

Growth is calculated using the earliest and latest available international arrivals data held by TCTI. Results may reflect gaps or methodological changes in the underlying series.

Key Tourism Indicators

Tourism performance at a glance

Verified tourism indicators currently available for Egypt, Arab Rep.. Reporting years may differ by dataset.

2025

International Tourist Arrivals

18,902,101

OECD · 2025

OECD Inbound Tourism

VerifiedCurrent
2024

International Tourism Receipts

$17.2B

UN Tourism · 2024

International Tourism Receipts

VerifiedCurrent
2014

Tourism Direct Share of GDP

4.3%

OECD · 2014

OECD Key Tourism Economic Indicators

VerifiedHistorical

Rankings & Comparisons

How Egypt, Arab Rep. compares

Positions use each country's best currently available official record. Years can differ, so use these as directional benchmarks rather than synchronized league tables.

Data Availability

50% dashboard coverage

3 of 6 dashboard indicators currently have usable official data for Egypt, Arab Rep..

2 current0 reporting lag1 historical

Available

  • ✓International Tourist Arrivals · 2025 · Current
  • ✓International Tourism Receipts · 2024 · Current
  • ✓Tourism Direct Share of GDP · 2014 · Historical

Not Yet Available

  • ○Tourist Nights
  • ○Tourism Employment Share
  • ○Resident Tourism Trips

Official Sources

Data sources used for Egypt, Arab Rep.

These organizations and datasets provide the indicators currently displayed on this country dashboard.

✓

OECD

Latest displayed year: 2025

Official

Indicators

  • • International Tourist Arrivals
  • • Tourism Direct Share of GDP

Datasets

  • OECD Inbound Tourism
  • OECD Key Tourism Economic Indicators
✓

UN Tourism

Latest displayed year: 2024

Official

Indicators

  • • International Tourism Receipts

Datasets

  • International Tourism Receipts
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Historical Trend

International arrivals over time

Annual international tourist arrivals reported for Egypt, Arab Rep.. Values are shown in millions.

Source: OECDYears: 2015–2025Annual data

Dataset: OECD Inbound Tourism

About the Data

Best available official data

TCTI evaluates available tourism records by reporting status, year, source priority, official-source status, and publication history. The dashboard displays the strongest available record while preserving historical observations and alternative sources in the database.