Egypt
Egypt State Information Service
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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...
Egypt
Tourism: Rise in Swiss tourists visiting Egypt
Egypt State Information Service
Egypt's Tourism Minister Zuhair Garana said the number of Swiss tourists visiting Egypt increased during the last five years.
In 2006, some 120,000 Swiss tourists visited Egypt, Garana said in a speech at the inaugural session of the annual conference of Swiss Travel Agencies Federation.
The gathering is being held in Egypt for the first time.
Garana underlined great development in the Egyptian tourism sector during the past two decades.
Tourism became one of the main sources of income, he said, citing non-stop investment in infrastructure and sustainable development in human resources in the tourism sector.
Tourism Minister Zuhair Garana said some 9.1 million tourists visited the country last year.
They spent 89 million tourist nights, he added, estimating revenues from tourism at $ 7.6 billion.
Garana expected the number of tourists visiting Egypt to reach 14 million by 2011.
Hans-Jorg Leuzinger, the head of the Swiss Travel Agencies Federation, thanked Garana for hosting their annual conference in Egypt.
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Egypt State Information Service Minister of Tourism Zoheir Garana met on Wednesday 23/4/2008 with visiting director of the China National Tourism Administration Shao Qiwei. The meeting took up means to promote cooperation in the field of tourism and to...
- An Ambitious Plan To Attract 25 Million Tourists By 2022
Egypt State Information Service “The number of tourists visiting Egypt is expected to reach 14 million by 2011,” said the Tourism Minister Zohair Garana on Monday18/2/2008 at a meeting of the Shura Council's committee on tourism and culture....
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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...