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Turkey asks for visa-free deal with Egypt
Turkish industry and trade minister Minister Nihat Ergün said that the visa requirement between his country and Egypt must be ended. Turkey has recently lifted visa restrictions with Lebanon, Libya, Syria, Sudan and Albania. Ergün said Turkey and Egypt shared deep historical and cultural relations and that the geography the two countries are situated on... »
Egypt tourism expected to break even by year end
Image by khalid almasoud via Flickr Revenues and the number of visitors from last year are expected to be the same this year, as the effect of the global economic crisis appears to be less severe than expected. Currently, the Egyptian tourism industry is 4-5 percent below last year’s revenues. The Ministry of Tourism is investing even... »
Why Do People Travel
The Search for the Authentic Other A very substantial part of tourism, as we know today, is the individual’s search for authenticity; of people travelling away from their home societies to an authentic (often primitive) other; drawn by myths embedded in folklore, heritage, religion, literature. It is this search for the authentic other that has brought... »
Heritage and Tourism Annual Meeting
For this year, 2009, the annual meeting shall be through March’s first week, March 5th-13rd at Sawy Culture Wheel with the slogan “Heritage and Tourism”. The event is of three phases as follows: Phase 0 “Training and Orientation” A set of short presentation, each of 20-30 minutes is given that work as an orientation program for... »
Egypt announces measures to bolster tourism
Image by khalid almasoud via Flickr Egypt will exempt hotels from paying contributions to the country’s tourism promotion authority and will cut fees paid by charter flights to help its tourism industry cope with the global financial crisis. The ministry of tourism would also change its broadcast advertisement campaigns to focus on promoting Egypt as an... »
Royal jewelry museum to open in Alexandria
Image via Wikipedia The city of Alexandria will host a museum displaying royal jewelry dating back to 1805, when Mohammad Ali’s era started. The museum will be open for tourists and visitors early 2009. Minister of Culture Farouk Hosni said the museum’s restoration took three years and cost LE50 million. “It is the largest Egyptian museum... »
More striking numbers on Egypt tourism sector growth
Egypt’s tourism sector grew 24 per cent in the past fiscal year, according to the country’s minister for economic development, Osman Mohamed Osman. Recently released Central Bank figures show that Egypt recorded a balance of payments surplus of $5.4 billion in the year up to June – up from $5.2 billion a year earlier;... »
Alcohol banned at Grand Hyatt Cairo
The owner of Cairo’s luxury Grand Hyatt hotel flushed $300,000 down the toilet. Abdel Aziz Ibrahim, a member of the Saudi royal family decided to get rid of 2,500 bottles of alcoholic beverages in stock by ordering their content drained into the sewers, without providing any notice to the American hotel chain managing the property,... »
Travelers preferences revealed
TripAdvisor has just surveyed more than 2,500 travelers globally, finding the top trends were concerns about germs, the growth of green tourism, and opposition to cell phone use on planes. It also found emerging hotspots for vacations in 2008 were Jerba in Tunisia, Makadi Bay in Egypt and Phangnga in Thailand. Airplanes were deemed the most... »
