Following the recent normalization of relations between Türkiye and Egypt, there has been a notable surge in tourism activity between the two countries with Egyptian officials anticipating to host some 250,000 Turkish tourists by the end of the year. This revival is observed by the significant increase in the number of tourists traveling to Egypt from Türkiye, thanks to the visa facilitation process for Turkish citizens, Anadolu Agency (AA) reported Sunday. On the other hand, the focus on infrastructure projects and diversification of tourist destinations to stimulate tourism in the country has also increased interest in Egypt.

After a period of divergence in ties Türkiye and Egypt have seen the rapprochement in recent years with the most notable sign of this being President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's visit to Cairo earlier this year. During the visit, Erdoğan and his Egyptian counterpart Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi signed a joint declaration on restructuring the High-Level Strategic Cooperation Council meetings between Türkiye and Egypt. "In the first four months of this year, we hosted around 80,000 Turkish tourists, and we expect 250,000 Turkish tourists to visit Egypt by the end of the year," Amr el-Kady, CEO of the Egyptian Tourism Authority told AA.

El-Kady stated that the Egyptian government has many initiatives for tourism, the most important of which are infrastructure projects. "When you work on infrastructure such as roads, highways, airports, hotels, this is goo.