However, Popova said numbers were still down, with the political transition "heavily impacting" Egyptian tourism.

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Yuliya Popova is the editor of the Kyiv Post, a multilingual online and print newspaper.

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Popova said the Egyptian authorities were developing strategies to strengthen tourism with a focus on diversifying the market.

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Nadejda Popova, senior travel and tourism analyst at market research company Euromonitor International, acknowledged that the ongoing political unrest -- as well as Europe's economic downturn -- had affected Egyptian tourism.

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