Tourism

News, analysis and comment on tourism, travel, and hospitality from the Daily News Egypt, the country’s leading English language publication.
Latest Tourism News

WTTC postpones 20th Global Summit to April 2021

Event hopes to allow more international participants to take part, lead hard-hit…

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Tourism Minister follows up on Grand Museum construction, promotion

Minister inspects progress of transferring artefacts to new museum

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CBE amends provisions of tourism initiative guaranteed by Finance Ministry

New amendment stipulates that initiative would end after exhausting amount allocated or…

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Aswan to hold international concert at Ramses II Temple next Monday

Due to COVID-19 pandemic, no in-person attendance will be allowed in event

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Tourism Minister, stakeholders discuss sector support amid COVID-19

Egypt to continue exempting properties used in tourism, hotel fields from real…

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Governments should focus on ‘high-risk travellers’ not ‘high-risk countries’: WTTC

Redefining risk towards individual travellers instead will be key for unlocking door…

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Ministers of Tourism, CIT discuss progress of digital transformation projects

Both ministries signed, last November, cooperation protocol to develop Ministry of Tourism…

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50% increase in permissible hotel occupancy across Egypt

Increase was driven by commitment to hygiene regulations in all hotel

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Egypt among top travel destinations for Czech tourists

CNN Travel placed Egypt among top 21 safe tourist destinations in 2021

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Holding Co. for Tourism, Hotels’ net profits decline 49% to EGP 501m in FY 2019/20

State’s share of HOTAC’s profits amount to EGP 71.8m

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