tourism
Photos: Luxor man fulfills German coronavirus victim’s dream to visit city
Egypt
April 5, 2020
Photos: Luxor man fulfills German coronavirus victim’s dream to visit city
Coronavirus ended German citizen Lieber Gunther’s dream to visit Luxor city. Gunther passed away of the disease several days ago,…
Complete curfew in Egypt over coronavirus is possible: Minister
Egypt
April 3, 2020
Complete curfew in Egypt over coronavirus is possible: Minister
Information Minister Ossama Heikal said that applying a complete curfew in Egypt to confront the coronavirus remains a possibility. During…
Egypt’s current account deficit narrows in Q4 of 2019
Economy
March 31, 2020
Egypt’s current account deficit narrows in Q4 of 2019
Egypt’s current account deficit for the last quarter of 2019 narrowed to $3.19 billion from $3.25 billion in the same…
Hungry and in chains, Thailand’s tourist elephants face crisis
World
March 31, 2020
Hungry and in chains, Thailand’s tourist elephants face crisis
Underfed and chained up for endless hours, many elephants working in Thailand’s tourism sector may starve, be sold to zoos…
Dubai braces for financial hit as coronavirus batters vital tourism
Middle East
March 27, 2020
Dubai braces for financial hit as coronavirus batters vital tourism
DUBAI (Reuters) — The sundecks on Dubai’s beaches lie empty, and red flags warn visitors away from the waterfront to…
Tourists from Belarus and Ukraine leave Red Sea resorts
Egypt
March 25, 2020
Tourists from Belarus and Ukraine leave Red Sea resorts
Navigation sources at the Hurghada International Airport confirmed that on Wednesday tourists from Belarus, Latvia, Ukraine, and a number of…
Central Bank of Egypt provides tourist establishments with two-year-repayment loans
Egypt
March 24, 2020
Central Bank of Egypt provides tourist establishments with two-year-repayment loans
The Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) has provided loans to tourist establishments with repayment terms for up to two years…
Lebanon to stop paying back all debt in foreign currencies
Middle East
March 24, 2020
Lebanon to stop paying back all debt in foreign currencies
BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon will stop paying all maturing Eurobonds in foreign currencies amid a crippling economic and financial crisis…
Egypt closes museums and tourist sites, thousands of tourists fly back
Egypt
March 21, 2020
Egypt closes museums and tourist sites, thousands of tourists fly back
The Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities on Saturday announced that all museums and archaeological sites in Egypt will be closed…
Coronavirus likely to increase US dollar exchange rate in Egypt: Experts
Business
March 16, 2020
Coronavirus likely to increase US dollar exchange rate in Egypt: Experts
Experts anticipate that the worldwide spread of the novel coronavirus will increase the US dollar’s exchange rate against the Egyptian…