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Hotel occupancy down in Cairo and Sharm el-Sheikh
Business
January 1, 2012
Hotel occupancy down in Cairo and Sharm el-Sheikh
Hotel occupancy in Cairo and the resort city of Sharm al-Sheikh has plunged from 2010, according to the head of…
Luxor protesters block road leading to Valley of the Queens
Egypt
September 25, 2011
Luxor protesters block road leading to Valley of the Queens
Residents of the village of Marei on Luxor’s west bank have blocked the road that leads to the Valley of…
Hundreds of tourists rescued from Hurghada restaurant blaze
Egypt
September 19, 2011
Hundreds of tourists rescued from Hurghada restaurant blaze
Four Egyptians, including three emergency response personnel and an employee, were injured early on Monday in a blaze in a…
Tourism Ministry predicts losses of US$3 billion by year-end
Business
September 5, 2011
Tourism Ministry predicts losses of US$3 billion by year-end
Samy Mahmoud, head of the Ministry of Tourism’s international tourism department, said on Monday that the industry's total revenues for…
Official reports: Tahrir clashes less harmful to tourism than sectarian strife
Business
July 6, 2011
Official reports: Tahrir clashes less harmful to tourism than sectarian strife
Official statistics prove that tourism was less affected by the clashes in Tahrir Square than the sectarian violence that took…
Tourism down in April compared to 2010
Business
June 15, 2011
Tourism down in April compared to 2010
The number of international tourists visiting Egypt decreased by 35.7 percent in April compared to the same month in 2010,…
Authorities find missing German tourist with suspected E. coli infection
Egypt
June 8, 2011
Authorities find missing German tourist with suspected E. coli infection
Red Sea health authorities have located a German tourist believed to be infected with the deadly E. coli bacteria after…
Visits to Egyptian Museum return to normal
Egypt
May 22, 2011
Visits to Egyptian Museum return to normal
Tareq al-Awadi, head of the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, said Sunday that visiting levels to the museum returned to normal…
Govt report: Tourist flow down 45.7% January through March
Business
May 22, 2011
Govt report: Tourist flow down 45.7% January through March
The number of tourists arriving in Egypt fell by 45.7 percent to nearly 1.9 million between January and March of…
Bus crash kills 8 Americans and wounds 21 others
Egypt
December 26, 2010
Bus crash kills 8 Americans and wounds 21 others
Eight American tourists were killed and 21 others injured on Sunday when a bus smashed into a truck in Upper…