tourism
Minister: Projected tourist bookings down 65% following shark attacks
Business
December 29, 2010
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
Business
December 23, 2010
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
Business
December 21, 2010
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
Business
December 14, 2010
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
December 11, 2010
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
December 10, 2010
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
December 9, 2010
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
December 7, 2010
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
December 6, 2010
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
December 4, 2010
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…