Egypt
The Telegraph (Jane Archer)
Interesting look at the impacts that low-cost tourism is having on Egypt and on the Egyptian experience:
See the above for the full story.
- 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...
- 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....
- 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
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 few, but I disagree. If that makes me elitist, so be it. But consider what effect these low prices are having on Egypt and the Egyptians.
The desire for more tourists has led to an explosion in the number of boats cruising the Nile – there are now so many in fact, that invariably they are moored four, five or even eight boats deep (imagine what that does to your Nile view when you are tied up at night) – which in turn has pushed prices right down as tour operators try to fill them.
And these are not the delightful Death on the Nile-style boats with outside cabins that used to ply these waters – the style of boat I first cruised the Nile on in 1989 - but rather floating bricks with as much aesthetic charm as a fully-laden cargo ship.
Millions of tourists are traipsing around sights for which they have no interest and little respect. . . .In Egypt there are opposing views on the situation. The government wants more tourism because it brings money to the country but the tourist office wants to raise the quality of what is on offer so Egypt can shrug off its cheap image and encourage higher-spending visitors.
See the above for the full story.
- 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...
- 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....
- 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...