Egypt’s tourism
Video: First promotional video for Grand Egyptian Museum finally released
Life & Style
February 3, 2020
Video: First promotional video for Grand Egyptian Museum finally released
Egypt’s Minister of International Cooperation and former Minister of Tourism Rania al-Mashat shared on her social media accounts the first…
Egypt’s tourism sector sees ‘remarkable growth,’ tourism receipts to increase to 29.7 bn by 2024
Egypt
January 31, 2020
Egypt’s tourism sector sees ‘remarkable growth,’ tourism receipts to increase to 29.7 bn by 2024
Total tourism receipts in Egypt, or expenditures made by inbound visitors to the country, stood at $16.4 billion in 2019,…
Red Sea Governorate to establish special unit for organizing Safari tours
Travel
January 30, 2020
Red Sea Governorate to establish special unit for organizing Safari tours
Red Sea Governor Amr Hanafy met on Thursday several senior security officers in the governorate and the Safari Tourism Association…
Nelson Mandela’s granddaughter visits Grand Egyptian Museum
Archaeology
January 30, 2020
Nelson Mandela’s granddaughter visits Grand Egyptian Museum
The granddaughter of Nelson Mandela, South Africa’s late political leader and anti-apartheid revolutionary, paid a visit to Cairo’s new Grand…
Air France-KLM aims to increase passengers on Cairo-Paris route by 10% in 2020
Life & Style
January 30, 2020
Air France-KLM aims to increase passengers on Cairo-Paris route by 10% in 2020
Air France–KLM Group, a Franco-Dutch airline holding company, says it aims to increase the number of passengers on its Paris-Cairo…
Sisi, tourism minister receive UNWTO president
Egypt
March 25, 2019
Sisi, tourism minister receive UNWTO president
President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and Tourism Minister Rania al-Mashat received the Secretary-General of the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), Zurab Pololikashvili,…
Ministers attend marathon at Giza Pyramids
Egypt
March 3, 2019
Ministers attend marathon at Giza Pyramids
Tourism Minister Rania al-Mashat, Antiquities Minister Khaled al-Anani and Sports Minister Ashraf Sobhy were present in the Friday morning launch…
King Philippe of Belgium leaves Egypt, concluding their holiday visit
Life & Style
January 5, 2019
King Philippe of Belgium leaves Egypt, concluding their holiday visit
King Philippe of Belgium and his wife Queen Mathilde left Cairo on Saturday, concluding a 10-day visit to Egypt…
Miss Egypt 2018 participants toured Luxor, Aswan ahead of competition
Culture
September 18, 2018
Miss Egypt 2018 participants toured Luxor, Aswan ahead of competition
Twenty competitors for Miss Egypt 2018 visited Luxor city on Monday to sight-see ancient temples and other tourist sites,…
Visitors to Middle East, North Africa will triple by 2030
Life & Style
January 22, 2016
Visitors to Middle East, North Africa will triple by 2030
The number of international tourists to the Middle East and North Africa will triple to 195 million in 2030 despite…