Mounir Fakhry Abdel Nour
Egypt expects tourism rebound in 2012, security key
Business
December 30, 2011
Egypt expects tourism rebound in 2012, security key
Egypt expects tourism revenues to rebound by more than a third next year if the country's security situation improves in…
Tourist arrivals drop 24% in third quarter
Business
December 21, 2011
Tourist arrivals drop 24% in third quarter
Tourism in Egypt was down almost 24 percent for the third quarter of 2011 compared to the same period last…
Four major tourist markets cancel Egypt flight bookings
Business
November 22, 2011
Four major tourist markets cancel Egypt flight bookings
Travel agencies in four major markets for tourists have stopped booking flights to Egypt, an Egyptian tourism official said Tuesday.…
Minister anticipates 25% drop in 2011 tourist arrivals
Egypt
September 28, 2011
Minister anticipates 25% drop in 2011 tourist arrivals
ASWAN - Egypt's once lucrative tourism industry has started to recover after an uprising in January nearly paralyzed it, but…
Government mulls exempting Arab tourists from visas
Business
June 12, 2011
Government mulls exempting Arab tourists from visas
The Egyptian government is considering relaxing the visa rules for Arab tourists in order to encourage more visitors to Egypt,…
Minister: Special offer for Egyptian citizens to encourage domestic tourism
Business
May 29, 2011
Minister: Special offer for Egyptian citizens to encourage domestic tourism
Egyptian Minister of Tourism Mounir Fakhry Abdel Nour said on Saturday that a program to encourage domestic tourism will be…
Tourism minister: Developers must be serious or lose their land
Business
April 20, 2011
Tourism minister: Developers must be serious or lose their land
Minister of Tourism Mounir Fakhry Abdel Nour has warned investors in land intended for tourism-related purposes that their land will…
Tourism workers demand protection from foreign labor
Egypt
April 10, 2011
Tourism workers demand protection from foreign labor
Around 500 tourist agents from the cities of Sharm el-Sheikh and Hurghada on Sunday staged a protest before the cabinet…
Tourism minister asks Russia to lift travel restrictions
Egypt
March 14, 2011
Tourism minister asks Russia to lift travel restrictions
Egypt's Minister of Tourism Mounir Fakhry Abdel Nour asked Russia to lift restrictions it imposed on travel to Egypt.The Russian…
New tourism intitiatives: Oprah invited for a Tahrir Square show
Egypt
February 27, 2011
New tourism intitiatives: Oprah invited for a Tahrir Square show
Egypt's newly-appointed minister of tourism, Mounir Fakhry Abdel Nour, announced he has invited a number of world famous actors and…