Egypt
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- A New Beginning For Egyptian Tourism
Al Masry Al Youm (Mohamed Elshahed) In the recent flurry of reports about Egypt’s impending economic challenges, many have highlighted the damage done to the tourism sector in the wake of the 25 January revolution. The number of tourists who’ve come...
- Egypt Tourism Remains In Disarray
Al Masry Al Youm From the Pyramids of Giza to the Red Sea resorts, tourist numbers have plummeted to just a trickle, dealing a devastating blow to the millions of Egyptians whose livelihoods depend on the 14 million or so visitors who once thronged to...
- Tourism In Egypt Suffers Crisis
FT.com (Heba Saleh) Tourist buses line the street in front of the Egyptian Museum (above) in downtown Cairo, and visitors cluster in groups around their guides as they prepare to enter the pink neoclassical building that houses the treasures of Tutankhamun...
- Tourism: Egypt's Tops Tourist Destination In Mideast, North Africa
Egypt State Information Service Egypt has become the top tourist destination among Middle East and North Africa countries and is the world's 24th most attractive tourist destination, according to a report by Minister of Tourism Zuhir Garana. The...
- Current State Of Tourism In Egypt
http://www.netindia123.com/showdetails.asp?id=88347&cat=Business&head=Tourists+visiting+Egypt+on+the+rise “Egypt’s Central Bank said Tuesday the number of tourists who visited Egypt in March increased by 26 percent compared to the same period...
Egypt
Drop in Tourism
VOA News
Thanks to Rhio Barnhart for this link.
A slump in tourism is aggravating Egypt's economic woes and affecting the lives of those who depend on the industry for a living. About 20 percent of Egypt's foreign currency earnings come from tourism. In 2008, almost 13 million foreign tourists visited Egypt, taking in its pharaonic and Islamic sites along the River Nile. But now, the drop in revenue is hitting the country hard.
Empty tour boats line the River Nile, as boat captains desperately solicit passengers from the meager crowd of tourists strolling along the riverfront walkway in downtown Cairo.
The global economic crisis, which began last year, is causing a serious slump in the tourism industry. Tourism is a main source foreign currency earnings, along with revenue from the Suez Canal and remittances from Egyptian workers abroad.
Paul, a tourist from Manchester, England, says the global crisis, as well as a vague threat of terrorism, is making tourists like him think twice before traveling abroad.
"We're only getting eight Egyptian pounds to the English pound; last year it was 10," he noted. "And I think the credit crunch is really biting, plus the terrorism threat, as well."
See the above page for the full story.
- A New Beginning For Egyptian Tourism
Al Masry Al Youm (Mohamed Elshahed) In the recent flurry of reports about Egypt’s impending economic challenges, many have highlighted the damage done to the tourism sector in the wake of the 25 January revolution. The number of tourists who’ve come...
- Egypt Tourism Remains In Disarray
Al Masry Al Youm From the Pyramids of Giza to the Red Sea resorts, tourist numbers have plummeted to just a trickle, dealing a devastating blow to the millions of Egyptians whose livelihoods depend on the 14 million or so visitors who once thronged to...
- Tourism In Egypt Suffers Crisis
FT.com (Heba Saleh) Tourist buses line the street in front of the Egyptian Museum (above) in downtown Cairo, and visitors cluster in groups around their guides as they prepare to enter the pink neoclassical building that houses the treasures of Tutankhamun...
- Tourism: Egypt's Tops Tourist Destination In Mideast, North Africa
Egypt State Information Service Egypt has become the top tourist destination among Middle East and North Africa countries and is the world's 24th most attractive tourist destination, according to a report by Minister of Tourism Zuhir Garana. The...
- Current State Of Tourism In Egypt
http://www.netindia123.com/showdetails.asp?id=88347&cat=Business&head=Tourists+visiting+Egypt+on+the+rise “Egypt’s Central Bank said Tuesday the number of tourists who visited Egypt in March increased by 26 percent compared to the same period...