(MENAFN) The number of people traveling from German airports to Egypt rose 69.1 percent year-on-year in 2017 to hit 1.39 million passengers, the German Federal Statics Office reported.
The increase took place at a time when Germany's outbound tourism scored a new high, in addition to a 35.2% boom in air traffic to African countries, including Morocco, according to the released data.
In January 2017, Germany left its final travel restrictions for Sharm El-Sheikh and South Sinai areas, as a result of efforts by the Egyptian Embassy in Berlin and Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry.
It's worth mentioning that tourists from Germany, as well as from other countries, were discouraged by the confusion of the January 25 Revolution in 2011, as well as more recent reports of terrorist incidents, such as a deadly attack on two German tourists in July 2017.
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