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

28% YoY decline expected in Luxor hotel room revenues: Colliers International

Medium-term tourism in Luxor sees a hit after recent militant attack

Sara Aggour

Government’s charter airline incentives raise hotel occupancies in 4 tourist areas: ETAA members

Decision targets increasing bookings for winter season in Luxor, Aswan, and Taba,…

Abdel Razek Al-Shuwekhi

Gulf tourists double reservations in Cairo hotels for Eid

Occupancies in Cairo hotels vary between 20%-30%, looks to increase to 70%…

Abdel Razek Al-Shuwekhi

Red Sea Governorate targets tourism share increase to 50% by end of 2015: Tourism Ministry official

Tourists visiting Red Sea area last year spent 73.8m nights compared to…

Abdel Razek Al-Shuwekhi

Red Sea resorts reject increase of water company’s insurance prices: Chamber of Hotels official

Tourist resorts threaten to build private water desalination plants away from area’s…

Abdel Razek Al-Shuwekhi

Tourism ministry starts blueprinting 185m sqm in South Sinai: TDA CEO

Tourist authority conducted trilateral protocol focusing on operations of land planning in…

Abdel Razek Al-Shuwekhi

Abdel Nour discusses medical tourism investments with Russian company

The volume of medical tourism in Egypt is very low, representing only…

Rana Yehia

Sharm El-Sheikh sees tourist influx, tourism remains unstable

Shopkeepers lower rents 15% to resolve recession crisis, says shop seller

Shaimaa Al-Aees

Tourism sector has to double its labour force to cover market needs: Badran

Ministry finances numerous training centres and programmes with EGP 30m to EGP…

Rana Yehia

CBE initiative to support tourism is only partial solution: ETF Chairman

Ministry of Tourism to support tourism investment fund with EGP 100m, of…

Abdel Razek Al-Shuwekhi