Measuring the impact of exchange rate liberalization on the Egyptian tourism sector

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 Tourism Studies Department - Faculty of Tourism and Hotels - Suez Canal University

2 faculty of tourism and hotels, Suez Canal University

Abstract

The aim of this study was to measure the effect of the exchange rate on tourists' incoming tourism to Egypt in the period 2010-2018. The study problem was able to measure the effect of the exchange rate on the inflows of tourists to Egypt after the decision of floating the currency and thereby on the national economy. The study is based on reports of the Central Bank and the Ministry of Tourism to measure the movement of tourists before and after the liberalization of the Egyptian currency exchange rate. The data were analyzed using the SPSS program appropriate recommendations based on the results are given

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