tourism
Antiquities minister inaugurates Fayoum’s Kom Oshim Museum
Egypt
November 3, 2016
Antiquities minister inaugurates Fayoum’s Kom Oshim Museum
The Antiquities Minister Khaled al-Anani has inaugurated the Koam Osheem Museum in Fayoum governorate after restoration work at the museum…
Egyptian tourism to recover pre-2011 levels by early 2017: WTTC official
Egypt
November 2, 2016
Egyptian tourism to recover pre-2011 levels by early 2017: WTTC official
The chairman of the World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC), David Scowsill, has praised the security measures applied at Egyptian…
Egypt marks anniversary of Russian Metrojet plane bombing
Egypt
November 1, 2016
Egypt marks anniversary of Russian Metrojet plane bombing
Egypt on Monday marked with a church service a year since jihadists bombed a Russian airliner carrying holidaymakers from a…
Tourist numbers for September 41% down on last year: CAPMAS
Business
November 1, 2016
Tourist numbers for September 41% down on last year: CAPMAS
The Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS) has announced a 41 percent decline in the total number of…
Egypt tourism in limbo a year after Russian plane bombing
Business
October 30, 2016
Egypt tourism in limbo a year after Russian plane bombing
A year after jihadists bombed a Russian plane carrying holidaymakers in Egypt, tourism shows little sign of recovery in the…
Global Summit on City Tourism to take place in Luxor next week
Egypt
October 26, 2016
Global Summit on City Tourism to take place in Luxor next week
Preparations have been concluded in Luxor for the 5th Global Summit on City Tourism on November 1 and 2, part…
Egypt seeks new markets, boosts security as tourism drops
Egypt
October 25, 2016
Egypt seeks new markets, boosts security as tourism drops
Egypt hopes to encourage tourists from new markets like China, Japan and Ukraine, a year after Russia and Britain suspended…
Egypt ranked 6th most dangerous travel destination in WEF report
Egypt
October 13, 2016
Egypt ranked 6th most dangerous travel destination in WEF report
Egypt ranks sixth from bottom on a list of 141 countries in terms of travel safety and security, according a…
Flights from Germany mark start of Luxor’s winter tourism season
Egypt
October 12, 2016
Flights from Germany mark start of Luxor’s winter tourism season
The winter tourism season has started in the city of Luxor with the resumption of German tourist flights after a…
China’s Golden Week tourists ‘shed inhibitions’ and hit the road
Life & Style
October 7, 2016
China’s Golden Week tourists ‘shed inhibitions’ and hit the road
When Ines Chou was planning her "Golden Week" holiday, it was Britain's history and heritage rather than its high street…