Egypt
Al Ahram Weekly (Nader Habib)
- New Dawn For Luxor Temples
Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine El-Aref) The heat wave that hit Egypt last Sunday did not deter Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif from going ahead with his planned two-day tour of Luxor to view the progress achieved so far with the project to develop the whole area,...
- Tourism: From Now Until 2011
State Information Service One million tourists visited in July 2007 One million tourists of various nationalities converged on Egypt in July, up 20 per cent from the corresponding period last year, said Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics...
- Summary Of Mubarak Visit To Luxor
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2007/828/heritage.htm A detailed account of Mubarak's visit to Luxor, with information about some of the projects that he was taken to see. A very useful summary for anyone interested in the development of culture and heritage...
- Saturday Trivia
The world has been sadly short of archaeological trivia recently, but here's are some bits of forthcoming "virtual" wizadry from the world of technology, that might interest and/or amuse: Virtual archaeology on the move http://tinyurl.com/jt4mn (istresults.cordis.europa.eu)...
- Italian Embassy Symposium On Tourism In Egypt
http://www.sis.gov.eg/online/html12/o200925e.htm "Minister of Environment Maged George and Italy's Ambassador to Egypt Antonio Badini are to open on September 27 a symposium on promotion of tourism into Egypt under the rubrics of Other Egypt ...routes...
Egypt
Pharaoh's splendour online
Al Ahram Weekly (Nader Habib)
As part of development plans for modern-day Luxor, tourist services recently went online. The project implements the February 2005 cooperation protocol between the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MCIT) and HCLC to build the IT infrastructure needed to promote tourism in Luxor. Online services include virtual tours and a digital map of Luxor at www.luxoregypt.org, and are an effort by the government to boost and develop the tourism industry. In fact, the website has become the official gateway to tourism in Luxor.
Minister of Communications and Information Technology Tareq Kamel said that the website gives Egyptian tourism a boost by using IT tools to promote all the services available to tourists in a digital format, especially a first-time digital map which allows visitors to take a virtual tour of Luxor and provides them with e-services that enable them to easily access information about the city and its historic sites. Visitors can move around the city and visit landmark locations through interactive virtual pictures, and read detailed information about tourist sites from the comfort of their homes.
The virtual tours aim to entice visitors to travel in real time and tour the sites in person. The website also provides contact information for tourism companies in the city.
- New Dawn For Luxor Temples
Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine El-Aref) The heat wave that hit Egypt last Sunday did not deter Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif from going ahead with his planned two-day tour of Luxor to view the progress achieved so far with the project to develop the whole area,...
- Tourism: From Now Until 2011
State Information Service One million tourists visited in July 2007 One million tourists of various nationalities converged on Egypt in July, up 20 per cent from the corresponding period last year, said Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics...
- Summary Of Mubarak Visit To Luxor
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2007/828/heritage.htm A detailed account of Mubarak's visit to Luxor, with information about some of the projects that he was taken to see. A very useful summary for anyone interested in the development of culture and heritage...
- Saturday Trivia
The world has been sadly short of archaeological trivia recently, but here's are some bits of forthcoming "virtual" wizadry from the world of technology, that might interest and/or amuse: Virtual archaeology on the move http://tinyurl.com/jt4mn (istresults.cordis.europa.eu)...
- Italian Embassy Symposium On Tourism In Egypt
http://www.sis.gov.eg/online/html12/o200925e.htm "Minister of Environment Maged George and Italy's Ambassador to Egypt Antonio Badini are to open on September 27 a symposium on promotion of tourism into Egypt under the rubrics of Other Egypt ...routes...