Egypt's tourism industry has been dealt a series of heavy blows in recent years. The latest was the Covid-19 outbreak, which resulted in the country freezing its inbound and outbound commercial flights between March and July.
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Like most countries in the world, Egypt is seeing an increase in the number of social media users and with them the threat of more and more fabricated or fake news.
Hardly a day passes without the dissemination of rumours on Facebook, Twitter and (...)
The government has approved plans to operate high-speed trains connecting Hurghada on the Red Sea and Luxor in Upper Egypt with stops at Safaga, Qusseir and Marsa Alam and linking Marsa Alam and Luxor.
A consortium of companies has been announced to (...)
Recently released figures from the Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) show a revival in tourism revenues during the 2018-19 fiscal year to reach $12.6 billion, 29 per cent higher than the receipts realised during the previous fiscal year.
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A ministerial decree to increase passenger fees on domestic flights by $5 has led to the ire of many Egyptians, who are already complaining of the expensive price of airline tickets to local destinations.
The decree, announced by Minister of (...)
Novel strategies to promote tourism and increase the number of visitors to Egypt were the focus of efforts by the Egyptian delegation spearheaded by the Ministry of Tourism at the ITB Berlin World Travel Fair held from 6 to 10 March in the German (...)
Trial operations of the newly inaugurated Sphinx International Airport (SIA) began this week with a number of domestic flights. International flights are scheduled to start in the near future.
Younis Al-Masry, the minister of civil aviation, and (...)
Egypt took part in the first China International Import Expo (CIIE) in Shanghai this month, with the six-day event also offering Egyptian exhibitors investment opportunities in the economic zones west of the Gulf of Suez, east of Port Said, and at (...)
The recent deaths of a British couple staying at a Hurghada hotel are attracting urgent attention in the tourism sector, with the Ministry of Tourism saying that “according to the preliminary medical report the couple died of natural causes and (...)
The ITB Berlin, one of the world's leading travel shows, was held recently in the German capital with the attendance of Egyptian delegates who came back with promises of a blooming year for tourism in the country.
Minister of Tourism Rania Al-Mashat (...)
The Red Sea resort of Sharm El-Sheikh has been enduring losses as a result of the reduction in the numbers of tourists, especially from the Russian and British markets. In response, the Ministry of Tourism has embarked on a campaign to promote the (...)
As part of Saudi Arabia's 2030 Vision to find new revenues to replace oil, Saudi Crown Prince Mohamed bin Sultan, also deputy prime minister and chair of the Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia (PIF), launched the Red Sea Project this week as a (...)
Roman Catholic Pope Francis' visit to Egypt this week will help boost religious tourism to Egypt and put the country on the map worldwide since the Roman Catholic Church has some 1.13 billion followers around the world who will follow the visit (...)
ITB Berlin is one of three major tourism fairs in the world today, along with the ones in London and Dubai, because of its high attendance and its timing in March giving tourism companies an opportunity to sign deals with travel agencies for the (...)
The Falcon Group, which entered the public eye after the 25 January Revolution when it began providing security services at Egyptian universities, has now gone into airport security, owning 20 per cent of the National Falcon Company for Airport (...)
Marsa Alam, a city in south-eastern Egypt on the shores of the Red Sea is some 60m from the water and features scenery and nature reserves that could be new magnets for tourism.
The reserves include the Samaday or Darafin Reserve and the Wadi (...)
I would like to have the Egyptian passport because I love Egypt so much, I love the spirit of Egypt. I love Sharm, of course, and the people. Sharm El-Sheikh is an amazing place, so beautiful. For me I like being here tonight for the concert, for (...)
Pope Tawadros II has been presented a statue made by Salvador Dali in recognition of Egypt being the land of peace.
Marking the ceremony, Pope Tawadros was received by Minister of Tourism Yehia Rashed, Juan-Javier Bofill, the director of the (...)
The J Walter Thompson Company (JWT) won a $68 million three-year contract to market Egypt abroad, beating three other companies, Saatchi & Saatchi, Y&R, and Memac Ogilvy. Launched in October 2015, its campaign involves the two-pronged strategy of an (...)
A sporting industries city is to be established, at a preliminary cost of LE5 billion to LE10 billion, in the Suez Canal Special Economic Zone (SCZone).
The project will be implemented under an economic regime that permits the tax-free importation (...)
Egypt's participation in ITB (Internationale Tourismus-Börse) Berlin last month exposed shortcomings that the country must fix if tourism is to play its proper role as a major source of hard currency and a pillar of the economy, according to (...)
The Japanese capital Tokyo received President Abdel-Fattah Al-Sisi for a four-day visit this week, the first by an Egyptian head of state in 17 years. The visit, which saw an address by Al-Sisi to the Japanese lower house of parliament, resulted in (...)
Egypt has signed many deals with international credit card companies in order to increase online payments and reduce the need for cash transactions. One outcome of this has been that government employees will be able to receive their salaries (...)
Egypt's tourism industry has not fully recovered from the effects of political instability in the immediate post-revolutionary years. Although tourism revenues rose 27 per cent in 2014 to $7.5 billion, up from $5.9 billion the previous year, they (...)
The First Arab Maritime Forum, organised by the Arab League and the logistics company Arab Economic Lighthouse, will take place in Dubai from 27 to 29 May with a view to increasing inter-Arab maritime trade and developing Arab shipping.
According to (...)