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Minister: Projected tourist bookings down 65% following shark attacks
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Minister: Projected tourist bookings down 65% following shark attacks

Egypt's projected tourist bookings in 2011 have fallen by an estimated 65 percent due to the recent spate of shark…
Europe’s cold wave impacts tourism in Egypt, say experts
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Europe’s cold wave impacts tourism in Egypt, say experts

Several major international airports have been closed due to an ongoing cold wave across the European continent, reducing the number…
Tour guides shun new Egyptian Museum souvenir center
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Tour guides shun new Egyptian Museum souvenir center

The Egyptian Museum souvenir center, which opened last week, made LE100,000 in revenues on Friday, up from LE50,000 on Thursday,…
Official: 2010 tourist arrivals expected to break 15-million mark
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Official: 2010 tourist arrivals expected to break 15-million mark

Measures adopted this year by the Ministry of Tourism had served to offset the adverse effects of last year’s drop…
Divers take to the water days after shark attacks in Sharm el-Sheikh
Egypt

Divers take to the water days after shark attacks in Sharm el-Sheikh

Sharm el-Sheikh--One day after the South Sinai Governorate banned diving in Sharm el-Sheikh, the city--considered one of the main diving…
Sharm el-Sheikh shark attacks ‘so unique’, says US expert
Egypt

Sharm el-Sheikh shark attacks ‘so unique’, says US expert

Sharm el-Sheikh--George Burgess, the leading US expert investigating recent shark attacks in the Red Sea resort city of Sharm el-Sheikh…
Egyptian expert withdraws from team studying shark attacks
Egypt

Egyptian expert withdraws from team studying shark attacks

Egyptian oceanography professor Mahmoud Hanafy has pulled out of the joint American-Egyptian team of experts mandated with studying possible reasons…
Authorities admit failure to discover reasons behind shark attacks
Egypt

Authorities admit failure to discover reasons behind shark attacks

Egypt's scientific team failed to reach conclusions regarding recent shark attacks in Sharm al-Sheikh, declared Southern Sinai’s General Secretary Ahmed…
Tourists wary after Red Sea shark attacks
Egypt

Tourists wary after Red Sea shark attacks

Sharm el-Sheikh--Beaches were almost deserted at Egypt's luxury Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh on Monday after a shark ripped…
52 divers on the hunt for Sharm al-Sheikh sharks
Egypt

52 divers on the hunt for Sharm al-Sheikh sharks

The Egyptian Ministry of Tourism decided on Friday to extend the closure of Sharm al-Sheikh’s beaches for another 24 hours…
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