The Marsa Alam International Airport, south of the Red Sea will receive 155 tourist flights during this week until Friday, coming from the airports of 13 European countries carrying about 32,000 European tourists - an increase of eight flights over last week.
As part of Egypt’s efforts to promote medical tourism, the government has made serious steps in this field. The Ministry of Health and Population recently announced it was planning to launch an electronic platform to provide medical tourism services within three months. Ministry of Health and Population Spokesperson Hossam Abdel Ghaffar stated on Monday that Egypt intends to become among the world’s top five countries in medical tourism and targets 10 percent of the global medical tourism revenues.