Egypt
Ahram Online (Nevine El-Aref)
Al Ahram Weekly
Bikya Masr
- More On Reviving Tourism
Washington Times (Anwaar Abdalla) Tourism is one of the main sources of income in Egypt, but the January 25th revolution disrupted the industry. During the week that followed the Revolution, millions of tourists left the country causing losses estimated...
- Tourism: Egypt Taking Measures To Protect Tourism
Egypt competing with Spain for tourists Reuters UK Egypt's tourism industry, the country's top hard currency earner, has started to feel the pinch of the global financial crisis, with hotel bookings down 30 percent in January 2009 compared to...
- Egypt: Pushing For Better Tourism
Zawya Egypt is overhauling its tourism industry in a bid to bring more foreign and domestic investment to the sector. A draft bill amendment, approved by the Egyptian parliament in June 2008, will change aspects of law 38, 1977, which regulates tourism...
- Tourism: Egypt's Tops Tourist Destination In Mideast, North Africa
Egypt State Information Service Egypt has become the top tourist destination among Middle East and North Africa countries and is the world's 24th most attractive tourist destination, according to a report by Minister of Tourism Zuhir Garana. The...
- Tourism: Chinese Tourism Market Is Promising
Egypt State Information Service Minister of Tourism Zoheir Garana met on Wednesday 23/4/2008 with visiting director of the China National Tourism Administration Shao Qiwei. The meeting took up means to promote cooperation in the field of tourism and to...
Egypt
Updates on tourism slump
Ahram Online (Nevine El-Aref)
The Ministry of State for Antiquities (MSA) has decided to exempt bazaar, cafeteria and gift shop owners in museums and archaeological sites from paying rent for June and August. As part of the ministry’s move, any legal action that has been initiated against the owners of affected businesses will be stopped.
The step was approved by the MSA’s Administration Council when it met Wednesday and comes as an attempt to reduce the burden on businesses affected by the slump in the tourism industry.
Al Ahram Weekly
The political and security instability, which riddled Egypt since the revolution started, has forced tourists to make tough decisions: leave Egypt in a hurry if they were already here, cancel their reservations, or postpone any plans to visit the country that prides itself on being one of the most famous ancient civilisations, as well as having attractive beaches.
Egypt’s tourism ministry continues its PR campaign to bolster the country’s visitors after a 2011 that saw tourism drop by more than one-third as a result of a popular uprising and continued clashes throughout the country.
Tourism in Egypt has been historically one of the top foreign income sources in the country, but as a result of the tensions and violence in 2011, visitors went elsewhere, leading to a backlash on the Egyptian economy, where some 20 percent of the country work in the tourism sector.
But Egypt’s Tourism Minister Munir Abdel Nour is confident that 2012 can be a return to the tourism boom that had seen Egypt increase its visitors annually until last year, as a result of its close proximity to Europe and its cheaper costs of travel inside the country.
“We can get back to the 2010 figures of $12.5 billion in terms of income and 14.7 million tourists in 2012 if perceptions change.
- More On Reviving Tourism
Washington Times (Anwaar Abdalla) Tourism is one of the main sources of income in Egypt, but the January 25th revolution disrupted the industry. During the week that followed the Revolution, millions of tourists left the country causing losses estimated...
- Tourism: Egypt Taking Measures To Protect Tourism
Egypt competing with Spain for tourists Reuters UK Egypt's tourism industry, the country's top hard currency earner, has started to feel the pinch of the global financial crisis, with hotel bookings down 30 percent in January 2009 compared to...
- Egypt: Pushing For Better Tourism
Zawya Egypt is overhauling its tourism industry in a bid to bring more foreign and domestic investment to the sector. A draft bill amendment, approved by the Egyptian parliament in June 2008, will change aspects of law 38, 1977, which regulates tourism...
- Tourism: Egypt's Tops Tourist Destination In Mideast, North Africa
Egypt State Information Service Egypt has become the top tourist destination among Middle East and North Africa countries and is the world's 24th most attractive tourist destination, according to a report by Minister of Tourism Zuhir Garana. The...
- Tourism: Chinese Tourism Market Is Promising
Egypt State Information Service Minister of Tourism Zoheir Garana met on Wednesday 23/4/2008 with visiting director of the China National Tourism Administration Shao Qiwei. The meeting took up means to promote cooperation in the field of tourism and to...