CAIRO, Egypt – Egypt’s tourism revenues in 2014 rose to $7.5 billion from $5.9 billion the previous year, the tourism minister said on Sunday, marking a 27 percent increase in revenues from one of the country’s major sectors.
The country received 9.9 million tourists in 2014, up from 9.5 million in 2013, Tourism Minister Hisham Zazou told a news conference.
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- 9 billion the previous year, the tourism minister said on Sunday, marking a 27 percent increase in revenues from one of the country’s major sectors.
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