EGYPT:
Our eight respondents from Egypt paint an interesting picture of life as a hotelier in the country at the moment. They represented the complete spectrum of salaries. Unsurprisingly, most of them had been affected by the unrest: 28.6% had to move; 14.3% said they still may be moved; and 28.6% said they had to make some adjustments.
A further 57.1% believed it will be more than another year before the country fully recovers from the regional unrest although none of them opted for more than two years. 2014 is clearly seen as the year for complete recovery.
Unlike the region as a whole, 50% of our Egyptian hoteliers believe value adds are the way to attract tourists back to the region and not one felt the formation of a Middle East tourism board was necessary. 42.9% said they would leave their current job to move to a new location and only 14.3% said they were completely happy in their current job, way down on the regional sentiment.
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Having said that, 71.4% said they look forward to the future with complete confidence and only one respondent said they felt less secure than they did 12 months ago.
Worryingly, not one of those surveyed from Egypt thought they were currently working for the best employer, although 28.6% said they had previously done.
Only Yemen and Syria were mentioned as countries where the respondents felt pay was lowest in the region while more than half felt it was in Egypt.
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