Egypt tourism economy dives – answers

correct the sentences

1. The weather is cloudy at the moment. ‘under a cloud‘ means experiencing problems it is not related to weather
2. Only a few tourists have left Egypt. there has been a ‘mass exodus’ this means a large number of people are leaving
3. Future tourists are confident that things will return to normal. no, they are not booking holidays at all
4. The economy has lost $9 billion in tourism. $1billion in the past 9 days
5. Tourists were able to leave easily. they had difficulties – fare increases (bumping up the price), evacuee planes too full (chock-a-block ) and internet and phone access blocked
6. The problems are confined to Egypt. they are rolling over into Syria and the Yemen according to one tourist
7. The country is at war. no, but it seems like it in some areas (a bit like a war-zone)
8. Tourism contributes 11% of all jobs in Egypt. 10% of jobs 11% of GDP
9. 12.5 million tourists visited Egypt last year. This was the figure for 2009
10. The damage to tourism is short term and things should recover once the problems have been. some feel that the damage is irreversable