Apparently Egypt can plug the gap of foreign tourists with about 1 mn holidaymakers from North Africa if it would only lift visa restrictions on Tunisia, Algeria, and Morocco, chairperson of the Egyptian Travel Agencies Association Khaled El-Manawi tells DNE. Last year, tourists from the region spent over USD 120 per night on average while European tourists spent about USD 62. El Manawi gave no real evidence for his reasoning except that about 900k tourists fly to Turkey every year, where “Algerian nationals are granted a visa at the Turkish airport and charter flights are provided.” (Read)