The number of tourists visiting Egypt dropped by 45 percent in 2016 to 5.1 million compared to 9.3 million during 2015, an official source at Egyptian Tourism Ministry stated Saturday. Speaking to Amwal Al Gahd, the source said that Egypt's tourism revenues during 2016 did not exceed US$2.5 billion versus US$6.1 billion in 2015, declining by more than 50 percent. According to the statistics released by Egyptian Tourism Authority (ETA), Egypt's tourism sector attained revenues estimated at US$2 billion in January-October 2016 while the total number of tourists recorded 4.3 million at the same period. The following table shows the number of tourists who visited Egypt and revenues volume for each month since the beginning of 2016 until October: Revenues in USD Number of tourists Month 186 million 363,000 January 133 million 346,000 February 180 million 440,000 March 176 million 425,000 April 177 million 431,000 May 127 million 328,000 June 210 million 529,000 July 280 million 503,000 August 237 million 473,000 September 294 million 500,000 October
