The Russian Ministry of Sport, Tourism and Youth Policy intends to publish on its website a blacklist that includes Egyptian travel agencies and hotels. In Moscow on Wednesday the Russian Deputy Minister, Nadezhda Nadina, discussed with an Egyptian tourism advisor the need for Egypt to tighten its traffic regulations. In the past week Egypt has seen three major road accidents in which Russian tourists were killed or injured. Russian tourists alone constitute 25.3 percent of the total number of tourists who visit Egypt. Incoming Russian tourists increased by 95 percent in January and February. Egypt received more than 2 million Russian tourists in 2009, up 11.5 percent from 2008.
