ATOR rejected data on the closure of Egypt for tourists from Russia

Egypt remains open to Russian tourists, the government and the operational headquarters are not considering the possibility of suspending air traffic. This was reported by the Association of Tour Operators of RUSSIA (ATOR), citing a source close to the Federal Air Transport Agency.

“We all remember that the “British strain” that scared everyone so quickly turned out to be not so scary, and the UK was reopened,” the source of the association said, indicating that the new strain has yet to be studied by scientists.

As preliminary calculated in ATOR, about 80-100 thousand Russian tourists booked for the New Year holidays in Egypt, the average cost of the tour was 80 thousand rubles. for two people. According to the minimum estimate, the agency points out, the total cost of tours for the New Year and the holidays associated with it can reach 4 billion rubles.

The emergence of a new strain of COVID-19 was reported on November 24 by scientists from the UK. Imperial College virologist Tom Peacock said the new variant of the infection has 32 mutations that could increase its ability to spread and provide protection against vaccines. Such a large number of existing mutations can also lead to the instability of the virus, weakening its ability to spread, scientists say.