Sharm el Sheikh city has received a delegation from the Brazilian Television, that will shoot an episode on Egyptian archeological sites to be telecasted on Multishow channel in Brazil, Youm7 reported.
The delegations’ five-day visit came in light of efforts exerted by the General Authority for Tourism Development to promote the Egyptian tourism.
The number of tourists visiting Egypt has witnessed a sharp decline following the crash of a Russian airliner over Sinai in late October. Germany, Italy, Russia, France, and the U.K. are among the states that decided to halt flights to and from Egyptian airports shortly after the crash.
The industry took a further dive following the murder of Italian Cambridge University graduate, Giulio Regeni, whose body was dumped along a highway with signs of torture in Egypt’s Giza governorate in early February.
Egypt’s tourism sector represents 11 percent of the country’s GDP and the second main source of hard currency after the Suez Canal.
