Tourism: 1 million Russian tourists visited Egypt in 2006

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"As many as one million Russian tourists visited Egypt in 2006, said head of the Egyptian Tourism Authority Ahmed al-Khadem on Thursday. In statements in Moscow, al-Khadem attributed the increase in the number of Russian tourists visiting Egypt to the improvement of services offered to tourists. Al-Khadem said that Sharm el-Sheikh and Hurghada were considered a mecca for the Russian tourists, pointing out that the number of tourists who visited Egypt last year from all over the world hit 10 million."