And the Egyptian government revealed on Saturday evening that: “So far, about 4,000 Ukrainian tourists have been transported, and flights are continuing to operate to ease the suffering of Ukrainian tourists.”
Ambassador Nader Saad, the official spokesman for the Presidency of the Egyptian Cabinet, said: “This comes within the framework of Egypt’s keenness to provide possible aspects of care for nationals of foreign countries coming to Egypt for tourism purposes, and in light of the current events in the Russian-Ukrainian crisis, as the Egyptian government continues to provide The necessary assistance and support for Ukrainian tourists, for whom periods of tourism programs in Egypt have ended.
He stressed that “the aspects of support provided by the Egyptian government are represented in extending the period of stay of Ukrainian tourists whose period of stay in Egypt has expired in the same hotels they reside in, and the cost of accommodation has been borne.”
The official spokesman added, “It was also agreed to operate flights from EgyptAir and Air Cairo to transport Ukrainian tourists to Ukraine’s neighboring countries, provided that the Egyptian state bears the cost of the flights, similar to the cost of extending the stay.”
For his part, the head of the Steering Committee of the Egyptian Hotel Establishments Chamber, Alaa Aqel, said in statements to “Sky News Arabia” that “the Egyptian state has borne the cost of accommodation for all Ukrainian tourists who have been stuck inside since the outbreak of the war 10 days ago, and has maintained for each of them the same level of the hotel that was He lived there before the crisis broke out.
Regarding the Ukrainian tourists who refuse to leave Egypt in these circumstances, Akil said: “In this case, they bear the responsibility themselves in terms of expenses, because the Egyptian tourism sector incurred a very huge cost to provide free accommodation for thousands of Ukrainian tourists for a period of 10 full days that includes everything in terms of food.” Drink, transportation, etc.
He stressed that the directives issued by the Egyptian authorities since the beginning of the crisis and circulated to all hotels were very clear, which is to extend the stay of the tourists until arranging the procedures for their evacuation from Egypt, and what is happening now is that the Egyptian authorities have already arranged the procedures for the safe evacuation of these tourists to neighboring countries.
It is noteworthy that the Egyptian Hotel Establishments Chamber circulated a circular to all Egyptian hotels immediately after the start of the Russian military operations in Ukraine, obligating all hotels to extend the stays of Russian and Ukrainian tourists whose visit programs to Egypt have ended until the conditions for their departure from the country are arranged.