Egyptian tourism minister Hisham Zaazou has said the country's tourism sector has incurred losses in expected income of around $2.5bn since the revolution started in January 2011, Ahram has reported.
According to official figures, about 11.5 million tourists visited the country in 2012 and generated some $10bn in revenues, compared with some 14.7 million tourists in 2010, generating $12.5bn in revenues.
Earlier on Thursday, the ministry of planning stated that the tourism sector saw figures of 6.3 million tourists and $5.6bn in revenues in the first half of the current fiscal year 2012/13, representing a 10% rise in tourist numbers and a 12% increase in revenues, compared with the first half of the last fiscal year.