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WTM LONDON 2017 ® DAY ONE | ROUND UP IN PICTURES


THE DAY’S DIARY WRAPPED


EGYPT SEES UK GROWTH UK visitor numbers to Egypt are up by more than 30% year-on-year in the first nine months of 2017 – despite the UK government’s continuing refusal to allow direct flights to Sharm el Sheikh airport. Nasser Kamel, Egypt’s ambassador to the UK, declared: “The whole world has decided [that Sharm el Sheikh] is safe, except for the British government.” Between $30 million and $50 million has been spent on improved security measures at Sharm el Sheikh since the UK imposed a ban on direct flights to the airport after the bombing of a Russian charter flight in November 2015. Egypt authorities have worked closely with British government and private sector experts, with Kamel saying that Sharm “is now safer than some UK airports”. About 230,000 Brits have visited Egypt so far this year, compared to one million in 2010.


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GREECE'S STAR TURN Absolutely Fabulous star Joanna Lumley joined Greek tourism minister Elena Kountoura to highlight the attractions of Greece. Arrivals have grown from 26 million in 2015 to 28 million in 2016, with BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India and China) countries becoming increasingly important. Greece hopes it will soon top 30 million annual visitors. Lumley urged tourists to visit Greece, following her recent TV series, Joanna Lumley’s Greek Odyssey.


CULTURE IN GIBRALTER Gibraltar’s 2018 tourism campaign will revolve around a Year of Culture theme to increase the number of overnight visitors. Most of its 10.5 million visitors are day trippers, and the government hopes that music, literary and sporting festivals will persuade more to stay longer.


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