Hisham Shawqi

The Salafi-oriented Nour Party has agreed with the Egyptian Federation of Tourism Chambers to permit all types of tourism, except…

A settlement has been reached over the shortage in flights for Egyptian Hajj pilgrims this year, an official at the…

Cairo hotels occupancy dropped by 11 percent, affected by the violence at Maspero on Sunday, said Osama al-Ashry, undersecretary of…

The Egyptian tourist and antiquities police in South Sinai has closed Taba Border Crossing on Friday in anticipation of a…

Statements by prominent Islamists expressing their intent to create regulations for tourism in Egypt have prompted tourism workers to begin…

The attack on the Israeli Embassy will have a negative impact on the tourism sector, Head of International Tourism at…

The Egyptian Tourism Union called for boycotting Saudi Arabian Airlines until the latter issues an official apology for mistreating Egyptian…

Samy Mahmoud, head of the Ministry of Tourism’s international tourism department, said on Monday that the industry's total revenues for…

Egypt's Tourism Ministry predicts that hotels' occupancy rates will rise during the Eid al-Fitr feast as more Egyptians head to…

International travel agencies have rejected proposals from the Muslim Brotherhood regarding restrictions on the behaviour of tourists visiting Egypt, claiming…

Tourism in Egypt was down 19 percent in the last three weeks of July compared to the same period last…

Tourism officials are expecting a rise in tourist numbers in Sharm el-Sheikh following the departure of former President Hosni Mubarak…

Tourism Minister Mounir Fakhri Abdel Nour said on Thursday that holding the trial of deposed President Hosni Mubarak in Cairo…

Minister of Tourism Mounir Fakhri Abdel Nour announced Friday that he has asked the government to carry out the trial…

Official statistics prove that tourism was less affected by the clashes in Tahrir Square than the sectarian violence that took…

Continued instability and sectarian conflict, which discourages tourism, could lead to the closure of tourist companies within 2 months, warned…

Minister of Tourism Mounir Fakhry Abdel Nour has warned investors in land intended for tourism-related purposes that their land will…

Egypt’s Tourism Minister Mounir Fakhry Abdel Nour called on the United States to lift its no-travel recommendations for Egypt. During…

Egyptian human rights activists have submitted a complaint to the Attorney-General against the random detention of scores of people by…

Egyptian Chamber of Tourist Commodities Director Mohamed al-Qattan said the government has begun to limit the proliferation of unlicensed bazaars…