Tourism

News, analysis and comment on tourism, travel, and hospitality from the Daily News Egypt, the country’s leading English language publication.
Latest Tourism News

Paris tourism takes serious hit after terror attacks

The number of tourists visiting the Paris region has gone down markedly…

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Visa hopes tourism will increase 35% globally by 2025

Study estimates families travelling internationally to surpass 280 million, spend on average…

Nicholas Mehling Nicholas Mehling

Egypt’s Red Sea gem: Sharm El-Sheikh grappling with tourism decline 

While domestic and Arab tourism attempts to fill the void left behind…

Sara Ibrahim Sara Ibrahim

51.2% decline in operational tourist vehicles in 5 years due to industry recession: ETAA

Capital spending on buses, safari vehicles, maintenance stations, garages reaches EGP 1.6bn…

Abdel Razek Al-Shuwekhi Abdel Razek Al-Shuwekhi

Egyptians push growth of Sharm El-Sheikh hotel occupancies, tourist workers

South Sinai has 65,000 hotel rooms; Egypt has a total of 225,000…

Abdel Razek Al-Shuwekhi Abdel Razek Al-Shuwekhi

Saudi government asks tourism companies to pay transportation fees for pilgrim to holy sites: ETAA

Request not limited to just Egyptian pilgrims, but extends to all pilgrims…

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France: Hotel stays drop due to attacks

The number of nights spent in French hotels by foreign tourists in…

Deutsche Welle Deutsche Welle

Tourism Ministry launches its new website Sunday

Tourism accounted for 11.3% of GDP in 2011, but has been declining…

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