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

Egyptian second-home market: a growing investment and lifestyle trend

Unlike other popular second-home destinations, such as the Seychelles, Morocco, Malta, France,…

Hisham Salah

Hilton Group is negotiating to manage hotels in the New Administrative Capital

Group recently signed management contracts for seven hotels under construction

Ahmed Samir

Joint Antiquities Ministry and Military Technical College committee to renovate 4 historic palaces

Study to be presented for discussion, including several proposals for the rehabilitation…

Basma Ragab

Ministry of Antiquities renovates 4 mosques this year for EGP 220m: Helmy

Renovating Al-Azhar Mosque will cost EGP 30m and is conducted through a…

Basma Ragab

Ministry of Tourism approves private aviation contracting on Umrah trips

The Ministry of Tourism prevented tourism companies that organise Umrah trips from…

Abdel Razek Al-Shuwekhi

Egyptian airports showed 22.9% less traffic in 2016: EAC 

Between 2007–2016, 2010 witnessed the highest traffic with around 40.2 million passengers

Ahmed Saad

Thomas Cook to book flights to Sharm El-Sheikh in November

All programmes will be cancelled if government travel ban continues, according to…

Ahmed Saad

Increasing tourist movement to Egypt raises demand on Pyramid Sound and Light show

Losses of current fiscal year expected to decline from EGP 19m to…

Abdel Razek Al-Shuwekhi

Foreign missions financing excavations for rights of scientific publishing: Ismail

The work of foreign missions is regulated by an agreement between them…

Basma Ragab