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Articles of the author MERVAT RASHAD HEBA HABIB
Hurghada bus investigation reveals unregistered driver
Initial investigations by the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism into the recent bus accident in Hurghada that killed and injured a number of Hungarian tourists revealed that the driver was not licensed with the ministry and was unauthorized to drive (...)

08 - 11 - 2011
Tourism investors call for encouraging Chinese tourism
A number of investors in the tourism sector have advocated facilitating visa procedures for Chinese tourists to offset the decline in European tourism, pointing to the current economic crisis and the strength of Chinese currency. Magdy Haneen, (...)

30 - 08 - 2011
Egypt to host World Travel Awards in September
CAIRO: For the first time Egypt will host the World Travel Awards. The event will take place at the Savoy Hotel in Egypt's Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh in the middle of September, under the auspices of the Ministry of Tourism and the Tourism (...)

26 - 08 - 2011
Tourism in Sinai largely unaffected by border incidents
Tourists to Sinai have largely ignored the violent incidents of recent days on the border between Egypt and Israel that left both Israelis and Egyptians dead as occupancy rates at hotels in Red Sea towns like Nuweiba and Taba are up 70 (...)

21 - 08 - 2011
Freedom and Justice Party meets with tourism companies
The Chamber of Touristic Companies will hold a meeting Monday with Head of the Freedom and Justice Party (FJP) Mohammed Mursi and Vice Chairman of the FJP Saad Katani to discuss the Party's vision for tourism and to allay fears in the industry that (...)

21 - 08 - 2011
Englishman cycles 4,000km in Egypt to promote tourism
adventurer Dominic Gill has reached the end of an extraordinary 4,000-kilometer (2,485 miles) bicycling trip across Egypt after 60 days. Gill cycled through the most important tourist attractions in Egypt, from Tahrir Square in the capital city of (...)

14 - 08 - 2011
Mubarak's departure spells more tourists in Sharm el-Sheikh, experts claim
Calm returned to the Red Sea town of Sharm el-Sheikh this afternoon following the announcement by the President of the Court presiding over the historic trial of toppled Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and his regime cohorts that the former (...)

04 - 08 - 2011
EgyptAir increases Hajj ticket prices by 300EGP
CAIRO: National airline EgyptAir will raise the price of tickets for hajj, the pilgrimage to Mecca, this year, announced company Chairman Hussein Masoud. The increase will be about 300 EGP (U.S. $50) over last year's prices, or about 6 percent (...)

07 - 07 - 2011
Miss Vietnam visits Egypt to promote tourism
The Egyptian Tourism Board will host the Miss Vietnam beauty pageant winner Dang Thi Ngoc Han on her visit to Egypt and will take her to the most important tourist attractions. She is accompanied by a delegation of journalists from major (...)

05 - 07 - 2011
Israel, Turkey and Greece get 25% of tourism from US market
Israel, Turkey and Greece are now receiving up to 25 percent of the U.S. tourism that used to go to Egypt, said Ronan Baldi, tourism expert and owner of Yalla Tours. Yalla Tours has been operating in the Egyptian tourism market since 1993. Travel (...)

22 - 05 - 2011
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