CNN Travel has featured Egypt among its newest list of top "21 Places to Go in 2021," indicating that the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) will turn heads upon inauguration this year due to its proximity to Giza Pyramids.

Colliers International’s latest MENA Hotels Quarterly Review (Q3 2020) shows that Egyptian hotels have been the region’s worst-hit so far by COVID-19, with occupancy going down at least 50% during this year, despite the resumption of international flights and reopening of prime tourism spots.

The Egyptian Junior Business Association (EJB) has uncovered that Egypt has seen a substantial number of tourist arrivals in the recent period, despite the ongoing COVID-19 crisis, with almost 300,000 visitors checking in the country since July.

After more than two years of restoration, Egypt's long-dormant Baron Palace in Heliopolis has regained its glory and reopened to the public, in celebration of its official inauguration by President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi.

Egypt's EgyptAir Airlines will resume flights to 24 destinations during the first week of July and will add more in the following weeks, operating at 20-30% capacity.

After reopening at a quarter of regular capacity in a bid to contain the spread of COVID-19, Egyptian hotels are almost fully booked for domestic tourism, coinciding with the peak season of Eid Al Fitr holiday.

Orascom Development Holding (ODH) will gradually reopen hotels in its Red Sea resort town of El Gouna for domestic tourism as of May 15, with plans to have all on-site hospitality facilities fully operational almost a week later.

As Egypt seeks relief for the tourism sector, a range of health and safety requirements has been released by the government to be embraced by hoteliers to safely welcome back guests and employees, while also guarding against Coronavirus spread.

Egypt's government has outlined a comprehensive plan to remove encroachments on the Nile River and completely overhaul the site as a first step toward implementing "Ahl Masr Corniche," or People of Egypt Walkway, running between Cairo and Aswan.

InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG), one of the world's leading hotel companies, is planning to further expand its presence in Egypt and set foot into Tunisia as tourism in both North African countries recovers.