Mideast tourism up 5 pct in 2017, Egypt eyes 25 pct rise in 2018: UN official

Zurab Pololikashvili, Secretary-General of the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), is interviewed by Xinhua News Agency at the 44th meeting of the UNWTO Commission for the Middle East and UNWTO Regional Conference in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, on May 8, 2018. The inflow of world tourism to the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region increased by five percent in 2017, a record high since 2011, said Zurab Pololikashvili here on Tuesday. (Xinhua/Ahmed Gomaa)