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…
Will we celebrate the Sphinx’s sun alignment?
Opinion
January 28, 2020
Will we celebrate the Sphinx’s sun alignment?
Every year, Egypt and the entire world celebrate the sun’s illumination of the sanctuary of King Ramses II at the…
BBC says 2020 is the year to visit Cairo
Travel
January 28, 2020
BBC says 2020 is the year to visit Cairo
The BBC has written a comprehensive article highlighting why 2020 is the year to visit Egypt’s capital city of Cairo…
Egypt cancels Chinese flights amid coronavirus outbreak
Egypt
January 27, 2020
Egypt cancels Chinese flights amid coronavirus outbreak
An official statement published by the Association of Egyptian Travel Agencies announced that Egypt has suspended all flights from or…
Egypt wins chairmanship of the Committee on Tourism and Sustainability
Egypt
January 25, 2020
Egypt wins chairmanship of the Committee on Tourism and Sustainability
Egypt has won the chairmanship of the Committee on Tourism and Sustainability starting from January 2020 for a period of…
Egypt’s tourism saw 21% growth in 2019: UNWTO
Egypt
January 22, 2020
Egypt’s tourism saw 21% growth in 2019: UNWTO
The UN World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) revealed that Egypt’s tourism sector saw a remarkable 21 percent growth in 2019, welcoming…