Egypt
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- Travel/tourism: Cities Of The Dead Off Tourist Route
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- The Tomb Of The Great Kings Wife
A pricey but worthwhile expense when visiting Egypt http://travel.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/travel/destinations/egypt/article2883641.ece...
Egypt
Tourism: Online resources for travellers
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"The Egyptian Tourism Authority (ETA) will relaunch a dedicated website at the domain http://www.trade.egypt.travel/, to cater to the travel and tourism trade and press this month, according to a statement.
The move follows recent enhancements to the authority’s international website http://www.egypt.travel/, following a staggering 2.2 million visitors in nine months. Some 4,129 travel agents have registered on the trade site to date. . . . The enhanced portal reflects the ETA’s new branding, and features an updated layout with even more detailed content as well as extensive information on 15 key destinations. It features a wealth of things to see and do, and has now offers several unique interactive elements, including a new sound-enhanced Egyptian dictionary.
The move follows recent enhancements to the authority’s international website http://www.egypt.travel/, following a staggering 2.2 million visitors in nine months. Some 4,129 travel agents have registered on the trade site to date. . . . The enhanced portal reflects the ETA’s new branding, and features an updated layout with even more detailed content as well as extensive information on 15 key destinations. It features a wealth of things to see and do, and has now offers several unique interactive elements, including a new sound-enhanced Egyptian dictionary.
The online Arabic lexicon http://www.lexicon.egypt.travel/ enables travellers to learn some of the essential phrases and words used in a variety of day-to-day situations that they may encounter on a holiday to Egypt. These are downloadable for practice.
Users can now also communicate in the ancient language of the Pharaohs by sending their own e-cards – written in actual hieroglyphics – through http://www.hieroglyph.egypt.travel/. A personalised My Travel notebook allows visitors to save, download and share their favourite travel ideas.
Future additions include a link-up with Google Earth, featuring satellite views of destinations and tourist sights."
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- 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)...
- Tourism: Holidays To Egypt
Holiday Extras Egypt is set to be one of this year’s holiday hotspots thanks to its year round sun and good value all-inclusive resorts. Figures from the recent Travel Trends report from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and Association of British...
- Tourism: Developing Tourism In The Middle East
Gulf News (Jumana Al Taminmi) With a 9.5 per cent average annual increase in tourist arrivals between 2000 and 2004, the Middle East region has already recorded the fastest growth of any region and comparable with worldwide travel and tourism (T&T)...
- Travel/tourism: Cities Of The Dead Off Tourist Route
The Age A disturbing piece about the use of Islamic cemeteries for accomodation by 600,000 of Cairo's poorest people. Thirty years ago, Umm Antar's husband ran off with another woman, leaving her with no money and four daughters to feed. She was...
- The Tomb Of The Great Kings Wife
A pricey but worthwhile expense when visiting Egypt http://travel.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/travel/destinations/egypt/article2883641.ece...