The 1987 OOS production of Aida brought 30,000 tourists to an Egypt hit badly by hijackings of a cruise ship and an airliner two years earlier.

• 1987年的《阿依达》歌剧发源地演出吸引了30，000游客来到两年前曾经受劫持游船及民航飞机等重大打击的埃及。