Egypt
Forex Yard (Shaimaa Fayed and Peter Millership)
- 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...
- Can A Tomb Bring Egyptian Tourism Back To Life?
The Independent, UK (Patrick Cockburn) Egypt has opened to the public the tombs of leading retainers of the Pharaoh Tutankhamun at Saqqara, south of Cairo, in a desperate bid to lure back tourists who have avoided the country since the revolt in February...
- Egypt's Monuments And Museums Back In Business
Ahram Online (Nevine El-Aref) Since the 25th January revolution all archaeological sites in Egypt have been closed due to security measures. Today, following three weeks of closure, they are now open to receive visitors. These include all the Pharaonic,...
- Tour Guides At The Giza Ask For Tourists To Return
The Telegraph, UK (Nick Meo) Some held up signs with a Valentine's Day theme saying "Egypt loves you" and insisted that it was safe for foreigners to come back. The tourist industry has been badly hit by weeks of turmoil at the peak of the holiday...
- Once Again, Camels And Horses At The Pyramids
Al Ahram Weekly (Zahi Hawass) The camel and horse touts in Giza are very upset with our new project to save the Pyramids. They do not understand what we are trying to do. Regrettably, many of them do things that harm tourists; I receive many letters from...
Egypt
The state of tourism following the crisis
Forex Yard (Shaimaa Fayed and Peter Millership)
Young Egyptians have launched an "Egypt is Safe" campaign, students are cleaning up national monuments and drivers now take visitors around Cairo's Tahrir Square as an attraction, anything to get the tourists back.
Sites around the great pyramid at Giza, a Wonder of the Ancient World, the Sphinx and the cemetery at Sakkara have been nearly empty of tourists since a revolt started a month ago that ousted Hosni Mubarak, and now Egypt wants visitors to return.
"In terms of reviving tourism, the problem is currently Libya not us. The whole region is very hot right now," Karim Mohsen, managing director of Sylvia Tours Egypt, said, referring to an uprising against Muammar Gaddafi in the western neighbour.
- 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...
- Can A Tomb Bring Egyptian Tourism Back To Life?
The Independent, UK (Patrick Cockburn) Egypt has opened to the public the tombs of leading retainers of the Pharaoh Tutankhamun at Saqqara, south of Cairo, in a desperate bid to lure back tourists who have avoided the country since the revolt in February...
- Egypt's Monuments And Museums Back In Business
Ahram Online (Nevine El-Aref) Since the 25th January revolution all archaeological sites in Egypt have been closed due to security measures. Today, following three weeks of closure, they are now open to receive visitors. These include all the Pharaonic,...
- Tour Guides At The Giza Ask For Tourists To Return
The Telegraph, UK (Nick Meo) Some held up signs with a Valentine's Day theme saying "Egypt loves you" and insisted that it was safe for foreigners to come back. The tourist industry has been badly hit by weeks of turmoil at the peak of the holiday...
- Once Again, Camels And Horses At The Pyramids
Al Ahram Weekly (Zahi Hawass) The camel and horse touts in Giza are very upset with our new project to save the Pyramids. They do not understand what we are trying to do. Regrettably, many of them do things that harm tourists; I receive many letters from...