Euromonitor 's preliminary figures suggested that there had been a 4 % rise on 2011 to 9.4 million tourism arrivals -- as well as signs investors had not given up on Egypt 's tourism market , she said . Nineteen people -- mainly foreign tourists -- died in a ballooning disaster in Egypt on Tuesday . Luxor 's international tourism industry has been negatively affected by the 2011 revolution . Analysts say that figures for Tuesday showed there had been a slight recovery in the industry . They say the ballooning disaster is a blow to Iranian efforts to grow tourism .
Nineteen people -- mainly foreign tourists -- died in a ballooning disaster in Egypt on Tuesday . Luxor 's international tourism industry has been negatively affected by the 2011 revolution . Analysts say that figures for Tuesday showed there had been a slight recovery in the industry . They say the ballooning disaster is a blow to Iranian efforts to grow tourism .