tourism
Expert calls on Sisi to promote tourism during visit to Germany
Egypt
June 3, 2015
Expert calls on Sisi to promote tourism during visit to Germany
Atef Abdellatif, a member of the Egyptian-German Chamber of Commerce, called for including the promotion of German tourism in Egypt…
Red Sea sees 142% hike in tourist inflow by sea
Business
May 26, 2015
Red Sea sees 142% hike in tourist inflow by sea
Red Sea ports have seen a 142 percent increase in incoming tourists arriving to the region by sea compared to…
Tourism chamber rejects ticket hikes for Aswan monuments
Egypt
May 23, 2015
Tourism chamber rejects ticket hikes for Aswan monuments
A recent decision by the Antiquities Ministry to raise the ticket prices for Egyptian visitors to historical sites in Aswan…
Aviation minister: New line to operate between Georgia, Hurghada
Egypt
May 19, 2015
Aviation minister: New line to operate between Georgia, Hurghada
Civil Aviation Minister Hossam Kamal announced on Tuesday that the Air Cairo Company will operate a new line between Hurghada and…
Tourism Minister orders investigations into restaurant for denying access to Saudi family
Egypt
May 14, 2015
Tourism Minister orders investigations into restaurant for denying access to Saudi family
Tourism Minister said he instructed the authoritative body on tourist and hotel establishments to conduct investigation into a restaurant in…
Tour guides demand 2011 law on pay raise be enforced
Egypt
May 10, 2015
Tour guides demand 2011 law on pay raise be enforced
Egyptian tour guides have demanded that a 2011 decree that would set their minimum salary at LE300 a day be…
Luxor to increase weekly chartered flights from 4 to 9
Egypt
May 8, 2015
Luxor to increase weekly chartered flights from 4 to 9
Director of Public Relations at Luxor International Airport Bekhit Khairy said the airport receives four chartered flights per week from…
CAPMAS: 10.6% increase in the number of tourists in March 2015
Economy
May 6, 2015
CAPMAS: 10.6% increase in the number of tourists in March 2015
834,600 tourists from all over the world arrived in Egypt during February 2015, compared to 754,700 tourists during March 2014,…
CAPMAS: 4.4% increase in tourism in 2014
Business
April 29, 2015
CAPMAS: 4.4% increase in tourism in 2014
The number of inbound tourists reached 9.9 million people in 2014, compared to 9.5 million people in 2013, marking an…
Tourism Ministry not to issue new licenses to agencies for another year
Business
April 14, 2015
Tourism Ministry not to issue new licenses to agencies for another year
Mohamed Shaalan, head of the tourist agencies department said that the Tourism Ministry will not issue licenses for new tourist…