Marsa Alam International Airport received 68 European flights during this week from Saturday to Friday.
The weekly flight schedule showed that flights arrived from nine European countries, including three flights from Belgium, four from the Netherlands, nine from Italy and 19 from Germany.
Six flights arrive from the Czech Republic, and 17 flights from Poland. Four flights from Switzerland, one from Luxembourg, and two from Austria.
Recovering tourism
A tourism expert in the Red Sea Atef Othman confirmed the recovery of tourism in Marsa Alam hotels and resorts, coinciding with the high rates of inbound tourist flights from Europe.
According to Othman, the airport received 18 Italian flights, 19 German flights, 31 Czech flights, 18 Polish flights, five Dutch flights, three Belgian flights, four Swiss flights, two French flights, and one from each of Luxembourg, Austria, Hungary and Lithuania.
Hurghada International Airport, on October 14, recorded an increase in the number of flights, receiving 83 regular and chartered flights from various European airports carrying about 12,000 European tourists.
The German tourists coming to Hurghada in the Red Sea topped the list of European nationalities.
