538% increase in Israeli tourism to Egypt

A tourists' statistic issued by Central Auditing for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS) highlighted the increase of Israeli tourists who visited Egypt last June.

The statistics pointed out that Israeli tourists ranked third among the top ten markets that export tourism to Egypt in June 2003 and followed by Italy and Germany.

It added that the rate of rise reached 538.3% as total number of Israeli tourists hit 35.957. Moreover, the number of Israeli tourists nights last June raised to 656.9% while Russian and Common Wealth tourists ranked sixth.