Egypt
- New Ferries In Service In Luxor
Luxor News Blog (Jane Akshar) The Nile separates Luxor into East and West, one side with the monuments and small local hotels and the other the airport, railway station, 5* hotels and MacDonald’s. So at some point in your stay you have to cross from...
- Travel: The Dubious Value Of Low Cost Nile Cruises
The Telegraph (Jane Archer) Interesting look at the impacts that low-cost tourism is having on Egypt and on the Egyptian experience: Many no doubt think it is only right that anyone and everyone can have the holidays that used to be reserved for a select...
- Nile Cruises From Cairo To Luxor?
http://www.algomhuria.net.eg/gazette/1/ The article on this URL will expire shortly I do wish that the Egyptian Gazette would archive its articles. Here goes with the latest from reporter Salah Attia, but it was too long to reproduce in full, so have...
- Cruising The River
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2005/775/tr4.htm Travel article about a Nile cruise from Luxor to Aswan: " It was a delightful trip of discovery which every Egyptian, apart from foreign tourists, should experience. One thing I noticed, which I describe as...
- Beyond The Nile Cruise
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/14/AR2005101400882.htmlAn article about visiting Egypt as a tourist: "It may be some sort of mummy's curse. Nearly all of us who visit Egypt will find ourselves on a Nile cruise. But it...
Egypt
Tourist cruise ships contribute to river pollution
http://www.algomhuria.net.eg/gazette/2/
In an article discussing the pollution of the River Nile, Nile tourism is cited as a contributing factor: "Another problem is created by tourist cruises, floating houses and the river commercial fleet comprised of more than 3000 boats. Around 200 cruisers, 500 boats for passengers, 1600 boats for carrying commodities and 300 motor boats, in addition to 400 floating hotels, all throw their wastes directly into the river. Furthermore, all of these boats disperse a massive amount of oil into the water". See the article for more.
- New Ferries In Service In Luxor
Luxor News Blog (Jane Akshar) The Nile separates Luxor into East and West, one side with the monuments and small local hotels and the other the airport, railway station, 5* hotels and MacDonald’s. So at some point in your stay you have to cross from...
- Travel: The Dubious Value Of Low Cost Nile Cruises
The Telegraph (Jane Archer) Interesting look at the impacts that low-cost tourism is having on Egypt and on the Egyptian experience: Many no doubt think it is only right that anyone and everyone can have the holidays that used to be reserved for a select...
- Nile Cruises From Cairo To Luxor?
http://www.algomhuria.net.eg/gazette/1/ The article on this URL will expire shortly I do wish that the Egyptian Gazette would archive its articles. Here goes with the latest from reporter Salah Attia, but it was too long to reproduce in full, so have...
- Cruising The River
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2005/775/tr4.htm Travel article about a Nile cruise from Luxor to Aswan: " It was a delightful trip of discovery which every Egyptian, apart from foreign tourists, should experience. One thing I noticed, which I describe as...
- Beyond The Nile Cruise
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/14/AR2005101400882.htmlAn article about visiting Egypt as a tourist: "It may be some sort of mummy's curse. Nearly all of us who visit Egypt will find ourselves on a Nile cruise. But it...