Egypt
- Cairo-aswan Nile Cruise To Re-open / Egypt Targets Chinese Tourists
http://travelvideo.tv/news/more.php?id=10387_0_1_0_M"Minister of Tourism Zohir Garana said that the ministry is now coordinating with the ministries concerned to re-operate Nile cruises between Cairo and Aswan."The same page looks at the increase in the...
- Tourism In Egypt
http://www.koreaherald.co.kr/SITE/data/html_dir/2006/07/21/200607210029.asp"Encouraged by the rapid growth of the tourism sector in Egypt, the government is trying not only to attract more tourists but also to encourage international tourism giants to...
- Dahab - Impacts On Tourism?
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L26491434.htm"Egypt's money-spinning tourism industry may take a hit after the bombs in Dahab this week, but tour operators and economists expect the impact to be limited, with the economy now more resilient...
- More On Chinese-egyptian Co-operation On Tourism
http://www.sis.gov.eg/online/html12/o230725b.htm "China and Egypt signed yesterday a memorandum of understanding to strengthen joint cooperation in tourism. The memo also aims at increasing visits by both countries' tourist groups. The head of the...
- Attracting Chinese Tourists To Egyptian Antiquity
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-07/21/content_3246723.htm The Egyptian Tourism Minister Ahmad al- Maghrabi in on a five-day trip to China and hopes to boost tourist co-operation between China and Egypt: "Since Egypt became a Chinese travel destination...
Egypt
Out of the Red
http://www.egypttoday.com/article.aspx?ArticleID=6362
An article about the future of contribution of China to the Egyptian economy, with a large chunk on Chinese tourism, and the challenges that it presents: "Speakers of most European languages or even Russian speakers can go to nearly any tourist site in Egypt and find someone there who speaks their language. The same cannot be said for Mandarin, much less other Chinese dialects. Bringing their own tour guides may simply be a necessity: Serious students of Egyptology who speak any Chinese dialect are a rare commodity, though many companies are working hard to fill the gap . . . . Looking forward, the impact of the growing Chinese market on the tourism economy is based purely on speculation, but the importance of tourism to the overall Egyptian economy is no secret. As long as the number of Chinese tourists traveling abroad continues to grow, El-Khadem is certain that the numbers visiting Egypt will also climb also."
An article about the future of contribution of China to the Egyptian economy, with a large chunk on Chinese tourism, and the challenges that it presents: "Speakers of most European languages or even Russian speakers can go to nearly any tourist site in Egypt and find someone there who speaks their language. The same cannot be said for Mandarin, much less other Chinese dialects. Bringing their own tour guides may simply be a necessity: Serious students of Egyptology who speak any Chinese dialect are a rare commodity, though many companies are working hard to fill the gap . . . . Looking forward, the impact of the growing Chinese market on the tourism economy is based purely on speculation, but the importance of tourism to the overall Egyptian economy is no secret. As long as the number of Chinese tourists traveling abroad continues to grow, El-Khadem is certain that the numbers visiting Egypt will also climb also."
- Cairo-aswan Nile Cruise To Re-open / Egypt Targets Chinese Tourists
http://travelvideo.tv/news/more.php?id=10387_0_1_0_M"Minister of Tourism Zohir Garana said that the ministry is now coordinating with the ministries concerned to re-operate Nile cruises between Cairo and Aswan."The same page looks at the increase in the...
- Tourism In Egypt
http://www.koreaherald.co.kr/SITE/data/html_dir/2006/07/21/200607210029.asp"Encouraged by the rapid growth of the tourism sector in Egypt, the government is trying not only to attract more tourists but also to encourage international tourism giants to...
- Dahab - Impacts On Tourism?
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L26491434.htm"Egypt's money-spinning tourism industry may take a hit after the bombs in Dahab this week, but tour operators and economists expect the impact to be limited, with the economy now more resilient...
- More On Chinese-egyptian Co-operation On Tourism
http://www.sis.gov.eg/online/html12/o230725b.htm "China and Egypt signed yesterday a memorandum of understanding to strengthen joint cooperation in tourism. The memo also aims at increasing visits by both countries' tourist groups. The head of the...
- Attracting Chinese Tourists To Egyptian Antiquity
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-07/21/content_3246723.htm The Egyptian Tourism Minister Ahmad al- Maghrabi in on a five-day trip to China and hopes to boost tourist co-operation between China and Egypt: "Since Egypt became a Chinese travel destination...