Hesham Zaazou, assistant to the Minister of Tourism, announced that Arab investment in the tourism sector in Egypt has exceeded 83 billion pounds. He said that these investments will increase during the coming period with the establishment of different tourism oriented projects, like shopping malls, companies for tourism transportation, restaurants, and hotels.

In a press conference held in Kuwait, Zaazou pointed out that the number of Arab tourists visiting Egypt during the last year has reached about 2 million. He also said that the number of tourist nights during the same year was 26.2 million nights.

Zaazou said that the Egyptian tourism trail to Kuwait was organized for many reasons; firstly to show how much Egypt values its relations with Kuwait,
secondly, the importance of increasing the number of Kuwaiti tourists visiting Egypt, and finally to identify the new Egyptian capacities in the tourism sector.