Egypt
- Egyptian Tourism Revenue Sees Dramatic Growth
PR Web Egypt's Tourism Minister Zoheir Garrana has announced that the country’s tourism revenues from the first six months of 2010 have increased by 17.6 per cent compared to the same period last year. Garrana indicates a number of factors as contributing...
- Drop In Tourism
VOA News Thanks to Rhio Barnhart for this link. A slump in tourism is aggravating Egypt's economic woes and affecting the lives of those who depend on the industry for a living. About 20 percent of Egypt's foreign currency earnings come from tourism....
- Egyptian Tourism
http://travelvideo.tv/news/more.php?id=9572_0_1_0_M"Egyptian tourism is expected to grow further this year despite current situations in the Middle East. 'Arrivals as of July 2006 already reached 5.14 million. By the end of August 2006, we anticipate...
- 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...
- Impact Of Bombings On Tourism
http://tinyurl.com/h4czn (Reuters)"Tourist bookings to Egypt have dropped since last month's attack that killed 18 people at a Sinai resort but the tourism minister said on Monday he hoped to attract an extra one million visitors in 2006. Tourism...
Egypt
Touts threat to tourism in Egypt
http://www.middle-east-online.com/english/culture/?id=19161
"Pushy bazaar merchants and poor waiter service are a bigger threat to Egypt's tourism industry than the bombs of militants, Tourism Minister Zoheir Garranah said in an interview.
Garranah said figures to be released Sunday would show that tourist arrivals held up in 2006 despite a devastating April suicide bombing in the Red Sea resort of Dahab that killed 20 people including several foreign holidaymakers. A record 9.81 million tourists added 7.6 billion dollars to Egypt's economy last year, the minister said.
But he said Egypt could not afford to rest on its laurels as the figures fell below target, largely because of what he described as poor human resources.
Many tourists complained of being harassed by touts and leave the country with a bitter taste vowing never to return, he said, adding that this was causing greater harm to the industry than the spate of bombings that have rocked Sinai resorts since 2004."
Garranah said figures to be released Sunday would show that tourist arrivals held up in 2006 despite a devastating April suicide bombing in the Red Sea resort of Dahab that killed 20 people including several foreign holidaymakers. A record 9.81 million tourists added 7.6 billion dollars to Egypt's economy last year, the minister said.
But he said Egypt could not afford to rest on its laurels as the figures fell below target, largely because of what he described as poor human resources.
Many tourists complained of being harassed by touts and leave the country with a bitter taste vowing never to return, he said, adding that this was causing greater harm to the industry than the spate of bombings that have rocked Sinai resorts since 2004."
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- Egyptian Tourism Revenue Sees Dramatic Growth
PR Web Egypt's Tourism Minister Zoheir Garrana has announced that the country’s tourism revenues from the first six months of 2010 have increased by 17.6 per cent compared to the same period last year. Garrana indicates a number of factors as contributing...
- Drop In Tourism
VOA News Thanks to Rhio Barnhart for this link. A slump in tourism is aggravating Egypt's economic woes and affecting the lives of those who depend on the industry for a living. About 20 percent of Egypt's foreign currency earnings come from tourism....
- Egyptian Tourism
http://travelvideo.tv/news/more.php?id=9572_0_1_0_M"Egyptian tourism is expected to grow further this year despite current situations in the Middle East. 'Arrivals as of July 2006 already reached 5.14 million. By the end of August 2006, we anticipate...
- 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...
- Impact Of Bombings On Tourism
http://tinyurl.com/h4czn (Reuters)"Tourist bookings to Egypt have dropped since last month's attack that killed 18 people at a Sinai resort but the tourism minister said on Monday he hoped to attract an extra one million visitors in 2006. Tourism...