Egypt's Tourism Minister Hesham Zaazou said on Tuesday that tourism is suffering a setback due to political unrest, adding that the situation is not good in comparison to previous rates.

"The images portraying bloodshed and violence, specifically in the sit-in areas of loyalists to deposed Islamist President Mohamed Mursi, have severe impacts on tourism," Zazou said in a televised interview as reported by the state news agency.

He said that during the upcoming days he would present a new strategy to boost tourism in the near future, adding that he is currently contacting foreign embassies to remove the travel ban on Egypt through maintaining that it is a safe country.