Egypt
Washington Times (Anwaar Abdalla)
- Egyptian Frustration As Tourists Stay Away
The Guardian, UK (Jack Shenker) At the main hall in Cairo's International Conference Centre, the organisers had pulled out all the stops. Suited waiters scurried about with canapés, pyramids of baked treats were stacked up on trestle tables, while...
- Updates On Tourism Slump
Ahram Online (Nevine El-Aref) The Ministry of State for Antiquities (MSA) has decided to exempt bazaar, cafeteria and gift shop owners in museums and archaeological sites from paying rent for June and August. As part of the ministry’s move, any legal...
- Tourism Linking Cultures In Aswan
Egyptian Gazette (Mohamed Salah Attia) The Minister of Tourism Mounir Fakhri Abdel-Nour opened, on Tuesday, global festivities organised in Aswan to mark World Tourism Day, launched in collaboration with the UN World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO). In his...
- Egypt To Develop Ecotourism And Medical Tourism To Increase Earnings
Yahoo! News Egypt hopes to boost its tourism earnings by 26 percent to 12 billion dollars by 2011, the official MENA agency reported on Saturday. According to a plan launched by Tourism Minister Zuheir Garana, Egypt hopes to welcome some 14 million tourists...
- Tourism: Growth Of "health Tourism" In Egypt
Egypt State Information Service "Egypt will witness tourism boom this year," Tourism Minister Zoheir Garana said on Tuesday 11/12/2007 in press statements at the opening session of an International Conference on Health and Therapeutic Tourism that the...
Egypt
More on reviving tourism
Washington Times (Anwaar Abdalla)
Tourism is one of the main sources of income in Egypt, but the January 25th revolution disrupted the industry. During the week that followed the Revolution, millions of tourists left the country causing losses estimated in the billions of dollars.
Successful tourism by the international standards depends on safety, tranquillity and perhaps an educational cultural experiences. This led many Egyptians to wonder how Egypt can attract tourism again. Only the Minister of Tourism, Mr. Mouneer Fakhry Abdel Nour, can answer all questions about tourism in Egypt.
In an interview that took place at his office on August 9, 2011 he answered the following questions.
- Egyptian Frustration As Tourists Stay Away
The Guardian, UK (Jack Shenker) At the main hall in Cairo's International Conference Centre, the organisers had pulled out all the stops. Suited waiters scurried about with canapés, pyramids of baked treats were stacked up on trestle tables, while...
- Updates On Tourism Slump
Ahram Online (Nevine El-Aref) The Ministry of State for Antiquities (MSA) has decided to exempt bazaar, cafeteria and gift shop owners in museums and archaeological sites from paying rent for June and August. As part of the ministry’s move, any legal...
- Tourism Linking Cultures In Aswan
Egyptian Gazette (Mohamed Salah Attia) The Minister of Tourism Mounir Fakhri Abdel-Nour opened, on Tuesday, global festivities organised in Aswan to mark World Tourism Day, launched in collaboration with the UN World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO). In his...
- Egypt To Develop Ecotourism And Medical Tourism To Increase Earnings
Yahoo! News Egypt hopes to boost its tourism earnings by 26 percent to 12 billion dollars by 2011, the official MENA agency reported on Saturday. According to a plan launched by Tourism Minister Zuheir Garana, Egypt hopes to welcome some 14 million tourists...
- Tourism: Growth Of "health Tourism" In Egypt
Egypt State Information Service "Egypt will witness tourism boom this year," Tourism Minister Zoheir Garana said on Tuesday 11/12/2007 in press statements at the opening session of an International Conference on Health and Therapeutic Tourism that the...