Egypt
- Travel: Spiritual Tours To Egypt
Yahoo News The Houston area is a departure city of choice for boutique spiritual tours to Egypt, a trend rising nationally as well, as one in four US travelers indicates an interest in taking a spiritual trip. A growing segment of the population is seeking...
- Tourism: Egypt Tourism Industry Set To Grow
PR Minds Egypt’s ancient beauty, efficient tourism infrastructure and strong government support are alluring the tourists from all over the world to explore this mysterious country of mummies. RNCOS, the leading market research consulting services company,...
- Exhibition: Global Views: 19th-century Travel Photographs
http://tinyurl.com/222rpz (princeton.edu)"In the second half of the 19th century, professional photographic firms arose in the major cities of Western Europe, as well as in more remote travel destinations such as Greece, Egypt, India, Asia and the Middle...
- Cairo-aswan Nile Cruise To Re-open / Egypt Targets Chinese Tourists
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’s Tourism Will Bounce Back
http://www.albawaba.com/en/countries/Egypt/197731The tourism industry in Egypt will bounce back within weeks, following the explosions in Dahab on April 24, according to the Egyptian Tourism Minister, Zoheir Garannah, in an exclusive interview with Middle...
Egypt
Travel: The metaphysical approach
http://tinyurl.com/39f5ft ()
A truly fascinating insight into a growing corner of the tourism industry which, thanks partly to the draw of the Great Pyramid, is taking off in Egypt:
"Ms. Billger had everyone lie down. 'When ye have released the self from the body, rise to the outermost bounds of your earth-plane,' she intoned, 'and speak ye the word Dor-E-Lil-La.'
'Dor-E-Lil-La,' the bodies replied.
This was not a cult; the participants had met only two days before. They were in Egypt on a package tour.
New Age-style sacred travel, or metaphysical touring, is a growing branch of tourism, particularly in countries like Egypt with strong ancient-civilization pedigrees. Tourists with an adventuresome spiritual focus — predominantly middle-aged, upper middle class and female — come together to improve themselves and the world, as Ms. Billger’s group intended. Their ideas are best understood as an extreme on the continuum that includes yoga, tarot and astrology, and the rituals they perform at sites deemed sacred can vary widely."
"Ms. Billger had everyone lie down. 'When ye have released the self from the body, rise to the outermost bounds of your earth-plane,' she intoned, 'and speak ye the word Dor-E-Lil-La.'
'Dor-E-Lil-La,' the bodies replied.
This was not a cult; the participants had met only two days before. They were in Egypt on a package tour.
New Age-style sacred travel, or metaphysical touring, is a growing branch of tourism, particularly in countries like Egypt with strong ancient-civilization pedigrees. Tourists with an adventuresome spiritual focus — predominantly middle-aged, upper middle class and female — come together to improve themselves and the world, as Ms. Billger’s group intended. Their ideas are best understood as an extreme on the continuum that includes yoga, tarot and astrology, and the rituals they perform at sites deemed sacred can vary widely."
See the above page for a detailed overview.
- Travel: Spiritual Tours To Egypt
Yahoo News The Houston area is a departure city of choice for boutique spiritual tours to Egypt, a trend rising nationally as well, as one in four US travelers indicates an interest in taking a spiritual trip. A growing segment of the population is seeking...
- Tourism: Egypt Tourism Industry Set To Grow
PR Minds Egypt’s ancient beauty, efficient tourism infrastructure and strong government support are alluring the tourists from all over the world to explore this mysterious country of mummies. RNCOS, the leading market research consulting services company,...
- Exhibition: Global Views: 19th-century Travel Photographs
http://tinyurl.com/222rpz (princeton.edu)"In the second half of the 19th century, professional photographic firms arose in the major cities of Western Europe, as well as in more remote travel destinations such as Greece, Egypt, India, Asia and the Middle...
- Cairo-aswan Nile Cruise To Re-open / Egypt Targets Chinese Tourists
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’s Tourism Will Bounce Back
http://www.albawaba.com/en/countries/Egypt/197731The tourism industry in Egypt will bounce back within weeks, following the explosions in Dahab on April 24, according to the Egyptian Tourism Minister, Zoheir Garannah, in an exclusive interview with Middle...