Now we have become a destination for backpackers. Now, after the development of marketing tools, and as a result of improved facilities, the country attracts people all year round. There was a war of prices. Moussa says it is unfortunate that during these years Egyptians in the travel business accustomed themselves to serving such undemanding tourists and lost the technique of obliging the discriminating traveller. El-Zayyat takes the distinction further.
Mature tourists are seasoned travellers who are ever on the lookout for a new experience.
Immature tourists travel in groups. Both El-Zayyat and Moussa laid particular stress on the importance of services. In this business, we should ask ourselves whether sites are accessible, how people can be moved around from site to site in comfort, how well they can be served, and whether we have enough airports to shuttle them around and maintain the flow. Tourist requirements differ from age to age, their reasons for travel vary, their needs change. In the past, most travellers were interested in ancient history and wanted to go to the pyramids, Luxor or Aswan.