Egypt ranked the ninth on the Global Muslim Travel Index 2023 which grouped 138 countries, according to the cabinet information center.
Egypt occupied the 12th position on the index in 2022.
The index – issued by Mastercard-Crescentrating Global Muslim Travel Index (GMTI) 2023 report – assesses destinations across four key criteria: Access, Communications, Environment, and Services (ACES). Southeast Asian destinations ranked among the top 10 on all four of these criteria, while in the aggregate, Indonesia and Malaysia both scored 73 (out of a possible 100), Singapore scored 64, Thailand achieved a score of 52, and the Philippines, 46.
