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Egypt became fastest growing tourist destination: UNWTO
Highlighting Egypt as fastest tourist destination compared with 2016 ranks ‘normal measure’, says Al-Zayat
‘I intervened to resolve Salah crisis, coordinated with him to promote Egyptian tourism’: minister of sports
Return of spectators to local league matches considered great achievement, Sobhy says
Tourism sector sees remarkable improvements, our performance numbers reflect this: Hilton Luxor general manager
The General Manager at Hilton Luxor Resort and Spa, Florian Gruhl, told Daily News Egypt that the tourism sector has seen remarkable improvements and that their performance numbers reflect this. Daily News Egypt sat down for an interview with Gruhl, who talked about Hilton’s plan in the coming five years, especially, after they received TripAdvisor’s …
Stability drives increase in tourism revenues: Al-Mashat
Private sector contribution at 98%, Ministry’s role mainly organisational
Tourism is booming again on Lampedusa
80% increase in British tourism to Egypt by end of 2018: The Guardian
Experts argue that British tourism will not return with high percentage unless UK abandons ban on flights to Sharm El-Sheikh, call on government to launch marketing campaign
GEM has great potential to boost tourism in Egypt: Japanese ambassador
Japanese Ambassador to Egypt Takehiro Kagawa said that the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) has a great potential to boost tourism in Egypt, expecting that the GEM will play an active role in promoting Egyptian tourism with its business-oriented planning to attract more people from all over the world. According to the International Monetary Fund (IMF)’s third review staff report, Egypt’s tourism …
Discussing status quo, challenges of hotel investment tourism in Egypt
Egypt is ranked second largest branded hotel market in Middle East, third in Africa, says Marriott International president
Egypt, Turkey dominate global tourism market: Exceltur
Egypt is one of the best tourist destinations in 2018, says American Forbes magazine
ESIP aims to promote all kinds of tourism in Egypt: Hadi
Our interns witnessed that Egypt offers some of most impressive institutions, experts, scholars worldwide, says ESIP`s founder
Hurghada, Muscat selected as touristic hotspots with 13%, 8% forecasted growth respectively: Colliers
Hotels in Egypt’s Hurghada and Oman’s Muscat were named touristic hotspots by Colliers International, with a forecasted growth of 13% and 8%, respectively, in revenue per available room (RevPAR), according to Colliers’ MENA Hotel Forecast June 2018 report. The witnessed growth in Hurghada hotels’ RevPAR was boosted by the continuation of a positive perception and …
AIESEC’s annual international congress aims to promote tourism to Egypt: Ayman
Meeting some Egyptians at airport made me really feel home, that Egypt is safe, says president of AIESEC’s local committee in Vietnam
Egyptian Parliament speaker calls on Bundestag to facilitate German tourism to Egypt
Egypt’s society is now witnessing an unprecedented state of security, stability, says Abdul Aal
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NBE, BM, Banque du Caire to cover tourism companies’ expenses for Hajj
The National Bank of Egypt, Banque Misr, and Banque du Caire officials met with representatives of the Ministry of Tourism and the head of the religious tourism committee of the Egyptian Travel Agencies Association (ETAA). During the meeting, they agreed to have the three banks secure the needed Saudi riyals to cover the expenses of …
Low quality of services obstacle to growth of Egyptian tourism: MP Amr Sedky
MP Amr Sedky, member of parliament’s economic committee, is optimistic that the Egyptian tourism sector will be able to recover quickly this year as tourist arrivals increased during the first quarter of this year to 2.3 million tourists, up from 1.7 million last year. Sedky, a former board member of the Egyptian Travel Agencies Association …
Egypt’s tourism revenues do not match existing resources: MP
MP Mohamed Abdo said that tourism revenues in Egypt are still small and do not equate to the industry’s potential and resources. Abdo added that the sector includes many negatives to be solved, especially the congestion at Cairo International Airport, which he said harms the sector at home and abroad. Abdo urged holding a meeting …
Tourism investors present recommendations to parliament’s tourism, civil aviation committee to develop sector
Cairo airport has many disadvantages in services provided to tourists, says Chamber of Tourism Companies, Agencies head
Mohammed Hamaky promotes Egyptian medical tourism in Russia
Superstar to donate his concert income to hepatitis C patient; event aims to support Egypt in World Cup
Tourism sector represents 10% of world’s GDP: UNWTO
Mohammed Al Muhairi, undersecretary for tourism at the UAE Ministry of Economy and chairperson of the Middle East committee of the World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO), said that the tourism sector now accounts for 10% of the world’s gross domestic product (GDP). He added that the tourism sector accounts for 11% of the world’s total labour …
Taba Heights ignites mountains with party lights to revive tourism in turquoise land
Company seeks to attract tourists from European countries through range of promotional activities, says El Trabishy
Egypt’s tourism expected to recover, backed by growth in tourist arrivals: OBG
Improvements in security, currency flotation were main drivers behind rebound
Beltone expects tourism revenues to reach $6.2bn in FY 2017/2018
FY 2017/2018 expected to see reduced CA deficit, normalised portfolio inflows
Greek delegation promotes investment opportunities in tourism, real estate
Total Greek investments in Egypt at €1.3bn
Parliament’s tourism committee holds meetings with investors on unified tourism bill
Parliament’s tourism and aviation committee will start to hold meetings with members of the Tourism Investors Association and the Egyptian Federation of Tourism Chamber to hear their views concerning the unified tourism bill, according to Adel Rady, chairperson of the Tourism Investors Association at Marsa Alam. He told Daily News Egypt that the aim of …
Dahab, the Red Sea’s golden city
Surrounded by sparkling turquoise water on one side, and majestic mountains and desert on the other, the city of Dahab, a small coastal town, with a population of around 15,000, extends along the Red Sea coast in the Sinai Peninsula. At first, you would think that Dahab isn’t the first destination that will pop in …
CBE extends tourism support initiative to December 2018
The Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) decided to extend its tourism support initiative to December 2018, an initiative that was originally launched in December 2015, according to a press statement released by the bank on Thursday. The initiative aims to provide financing facilities to tourism-related activities, including the construction and renovation of hotels and tourist …
Sharm, Hurghada hotels marked as touristic hotspots, 97%, 62%, forecasted growth respectively: Colliers
Sharm El-Sheikh and Hurghada hotels were marked as touristic hotspots with a forecasted growth of 97% and 62%, respectively in revenues per available rooms (RevPAR). The surge is a result of recovering from the effects of the Metrojet incident in 2015, according to Colliers International’s “The MENA Hotel Forecast November 2017” report. Moreover, the report …
A tourist in your own city: a refreshing yet challenging experience
Why visiting Egypt’s Alexandria during winter is way cooler than in the summer
2018 tourist season strong, occupancy up 20% since year beginning: Hilton
Group plans to add 7 new hotels through 2022, Waldorf Astoria Hotels & Resorts forecasted to find a big market
Sharm El-Sheikh, Hurghada tourism hotspots in MENA: Colliers International
A forecast conducted by Colliers International for hotels of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, for the three-month period from October to December 2017, has shown that Sharm El-Sheikh and Hurghada are the tourism hotspots of the region in that period. The report mentioned that Sharm El-Sheikh benefitted from higher leisure demand due …