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Two Russian tourists detained for filming Pyramids area
Archaeology
December 4, 2013
Two Russian tourists detained for filming Pyramids area
Security at the pyramid area found two Russian tourists filming some of the stones scattered in the western side of…
Tourism Ministry checks legality of collecting donations from hotel guests
Egypt
November 7, 2013
Tourism Ministry checks legality of collecting donations from hotel guests
A source at the Finance Ministry said that the Ministries of Antiquities and Tourism is inquiring into the legality of…
Tourist bus flips, kills 6, injures 25
Egypt
October 20, 2013
Tourist bus flips, kills 6, injures 25
Six people were killed and another 25 were injured when a tourist bus bound for Sharm al-Sheikh overturned on Sunday. Ambulances transferred…
Tourism Minister to ask France, Germany to lift travel bans to Egypt
Business
September 23, 2013
Tourism Minister to ask France, Germany to lift travel bans to Egypt
Mahfouz Ali, first deputy tourism minister, said Tourism Minister Hesham Zazou will ask Germany and France to lift travel bans…
Cash-strapped “national museum” nears completion, minister claims
Egypt
September 3, 2013
Cash-strapped “national museum” nears completion, minister claims
Officials are pushing to open the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization (NMEC) in Cairo, according to Minister for Monument Affairs…
Tourism increases by 14.6 percent in May 2013
Business
July 2, 2013
Tourism increases by 14.6 percent in May 2013
The number of tourists in May increased by 14.6 percent, reaching one million, compared to 800,000 tourists in May 2012,…
Georgian tourists mistaken for porn actors released
Egypt
June 3, 2013
Georgian tourists mistaken for porn actors released
Prosecutors in the Red Sea town of Hurgada released, on Monday, twelve Georgian tourists and their translator after arresting them…
Luxor hot air balloons back in business
Egypt
April 16, 2013
Luxor hot air balloons back in business
Hot air balloon tours are set to resume in Luxor on Wednesday after a hiatus of nearly six weeks following…
Two tourists kidnapped in South Sinai
Egypt
March 22, 2013
Two tourists kidnapped in South Sinai
Unknown attackers kidnapped two tourists Friday, one Israeli and one Norwegian, a security source said. The two tourists were on…
Cabinet eases limits on carrying cash to and from Egypt
Business
March 13, 2013
Cabinet eases limits on carrying cash to and from Egypt
Egypt said on Wednesday it was easing limits on travelers bringing currency in and out of the country and said…