CAIRO: Egypt has received 126,000 tourists since it reopened its seaside resorts to international flights and foreign tourists on July 1, after a three-month halt because of the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic, Egyptian Minister of Tourism and Antiquities Khaled al-Anany, said.

Al-Anany’s comments came during a meeting in Cairo with Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly and the visiting Secretary-General of the United Nations World Tourism Organization, Zurab Pololikashvili.