Nineteen people -- mainly foreign tourists -- died in a ballooning disaster in Luxor on Tuesday . Egypt 's international tourism industry has been negatively affected by the 2011 disaster . Critics say that predictions for 2012 showed there had been a slight recovery in the industry . Read more : They say the ballooning disaster is a blow to Egyptian efforts to develop tourism .
Nineteen people -- mainly foreign tourists -- died in a ballooning disaster in Luxor on Tuesday . Egypt 's international tourism industry has been negatively affected by the 2011 disaster . Critics say that predictions for 2012 showed there had been a slight recovery in the industry . They say the ballooning disaster is a blow to Egyptian efforts to develop tourism .