Egypt
Al Masry Al Youm
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The National (Susan Hack) Two months after the start of largely peaceful demonstrations that drove former president Hosni Mubarak from power on February 11, foreign tourists are returning to Egypt in a trickle rather than a flood. Uncrowded beaches, the...
- 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....
- Tourism: Egypt Taking Measures To Protect Tourism
Egypt competing with Spain for tourists Reuters UK Egypt's tourism industry, the country's top hard currency earner, has started to feel the pinch of the global financial crisis, with hotel bookings down 30 percent in January 2009 compared to...
- Egypt Sees Lower Tourism Revenue, Warns Of "panic"
Bloomberg (Tarek Al-Issawi and Abdel Latif Wahba) Egypt expects lower revenue from tourism this year because of the global financial crisis and its impact on the Egyptian economy, Egypt's minister of tourism said. The country's tourism industry,...
- Touts Threat To Tourism In Egypt
http://www.middle-east-online.com/english/culture/?id=19161"Pushy bazaar merchants and poor waiter service are a bigger threat to Egypt's tourism industry than the bombs of militants, Tourism Minister Zoheir Garranah said in an interview. Garranah...
Egypt
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 the country.
At the height of the 18-day uprising that ousted president Hosni Mubarak, embassies issued travel warnings and many tour groups canceled their trips, throwing an industry that is a major source of foreign currency into crisis.
Two months later, the chaos has largely subsided, the police who deserted their posts during protests are mostly back on the job and the travel warnings have been eased.
But the tourists have yet to return, and Egypt's tourism minister has forecast the industry's 2011 revenue will be 25 percent lower than the previous year.
- In Egypt, Crowd-free Travel Is The New Normal
The National (Susan Hack) Two months after the start of largely peaceful demonstrations that drove former president Hosni Mubarak from power on February 11, foreign tourists are returning to Egypt in a trickle rather than a flood. Uncrowded beaches, the...
- 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....
- Tourism: Egypt Taking Measures To Protect Tourism
Egypt competing with Spain for tourists Reuters UK Egypt's tourism industry, the country's top hard currency earner, has started to feel the pinch of the global financial crisis, with hotel bookings down 30 percent in January 2009 compared to...
- Egypt Sees Lower Tourism Revenue, Warns Of "panic"
Bloomberg (Tarek Al-Issawi and Abdel Latif Wahba) Egypt expects lower revenue from tourism this year because of the global financial crisis and its impact on the Egyptian economy, Egypt's minister of tourism said. The country's tourism industry,...
- Touts Threat To Tourism In Egypt
http://www.middle-east-online.com/english/culture/?id=19161"Pushy bazaar merchants and poor waiter service are a bigger threat to Egypt's tourism industry than the bombs of militants, Tourism Minister Zoheir Garranah said in an interview. Garranah...