Egypt
- Heritage Vs. Tourism
Heritage Key (Annie Waddington-Feather) A detailed look at the damage caused to world heritage by tourism, and some of the measures that can be taken to defend against it. I've used a brief mention of the Valley of the Kings to shoehorn it in because...
- 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)...
- Egypt Draws Record 9.7m Visitors
Travel and Tourism News Middle East With a record 9.7 million visitors in the year 2006-07, tourism numbers are well on target in Egypt. The numbers reflect a 13 per cent increase on the previous fiscal year, the state news agency MENA reported. Egypt’s...
- Tourism In Egypt 2006
http://www.dominicantoday.com/app/article.aspx?id=22195"The Chairman of the Egyptian Tourism Authority, Ahmed El Khadem, and the Tourism Advisor for Egypt in Spain, Magued Abousedera, presented the tourism results that the country achieved during 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...
Egypt
Tourism damaging Egyptian heritage
http://tinyurl.com/ycxyke (reuters.co.uk)
http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=1618462006
Michael Jones, of the American Research Centre in Egypt, and Gaballa Ali Gaballa, a former head of Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities highlighted the problems of managing the impacts of tourism on Egypt's heritage at the meeting of the British Egyptian Society and the London Middle East Institute on Wednesday, with careless scuffing and moisture from breath and perspiration being two of the main problems: "Booming tourism, a key part of Egypt's economy, is having a catastrophic effect on the country's unique cultural heritage, experts said on Wednesday.
So large were the numbers of people now visiting Egypt's famed ancient sites like the Valley of the Kings that they were causing serious damage in a way that even centuries of weather had failed to do, they said at a meeting in London. . . . After tailing off sharply following a string of attacks by militant Islamists in the 1990s, tourist numbers in Egypt climbed to eight million in 2004 and up again to 8.6 million last year.
Figures from the Egyptian Tourism Authority show that in the first six months of this year tourist numbers were 12 percent up on the same period the previous year, and there are plans to boost numbers to 16 million by 2014."
Figures from the Egyptian Tourism Authority show that in the first six months of this year tourist numbers were 12 percent up on the same period the previous year, and there are plans to boost numbers to 16 million by 2014."
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- Heritage Vs. Tourism
Heritage Key (Annie Waddington-Feather) A detailed look at the damage caused to world heritage by tourism, and some of the measures that can be taken to defend against it. I've used a brief mention of the Valley of the Kings to shoehorn it in because...
- 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)...
- Egypt Draws Record 9.7m Visitors
Travel and Tourism News Middle East With a record 9.7 million visitors in the year 2006-07, tourism numbers are well on target in Egypt. The numbers reflect a 13 per cent increase on the previous fiscal year, the state news agency MENA reported. Egypt’s...
- Tourism In Egypt 2006
http://www.dominicantoday.com/app/article.aspx?id=22195"The Chairman of the Egyptian Tourism Authority, Ahmed El Khadem, and the Tourism Advisor for Egypt in Spain, Magued Abousedera, presented the tourism results that the country achieved during 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...