Egypt receives World Travel & Tourism Council's Champion Award

World Travel and Tourism Council granted a Global Champion Award to Egypt's Minister of Tourism Rania al-Mashat for Egypt's efforts to promote tourism resilience, WTTC announced on Thursday.This came during the 2019 Global Summit held in Seville, Spain between April 2 and 4. This annual award is granted as an appreciation of the efforts exerted by some countries in facing challenges, the WTTC said, adding that this is the first time for a country or a minister in the Middle East to be granted such award.In a report, the WTTC said that the tourism sector in Egypt under Mashat managed to recover, as in 2018, the number of tourists has increased by 16.5 percent, which is higher than the global average of (3.9 percent).