Minister of Tourism Yahia Rashed said on Wednesday that Egyptian tourism has overcome its crises and all its difficulties.

In an interview with MENA, he added that tourism in 2018 will achieve more progress and development with a view to restoring its previous rates and its real status on the global tourism market.

The route of the Holy Family and the return of Russian tourism in February along with other markets that lifted their travel ban to Egypt will help achieve remarkable boom in Egyptian tourism, he added.