Tag: Abu Simbel

Abu Simbel’s Festival of the Sun

The biannual festival draws visitors from all over Egypt

Thoraia Abou Bakr February 22, 2014

The governor of Luxor charges EGP 5,000 per month for each stall at the Karnak temple, but the decline in tourism caused by the instability of the past two years has left many store owners unable to cover their costs. (AFP Photo)

Antiquities minister: UNESCO threatens to declassify heritage sites

Egypt’s poor management of its ancient monuments draws threat from the United…

Luiz Sanchez May 20, 2013

Business Economy

Hatshepsut, Valley of the Kings completely closed

Bazaar owners have cut off roads leading to prominent touristic monuments and…

Hend El-Behary March 4, 2013

Alaa Al-Gharbawi, managing director of Shell Egypt, emphasised the need to work with both national Egyptian petroleum and gas companies and international oil conglomerates in order to spur development (AFP Photo)

Business Energy

Shell Egypt, Nile Petroleum sign agreement to market marine lubricants

Nile Petroleum will become the primary distributor of Shell marine lubricants in…

Daily News Egypt February 25, 2013

Beach tourism represents 80% of all of the sector’s revenues. Three months’ worth of revenues from this sector are actually enough to match the amount of money being considered as part of the country’s pending IMF loan package (file photo: AFP)

Business Economy

Tourism experts damn government’s lack of ‘vision’

Three months’ worth of pre-25 Jan Beach tourism revenues are enough to…

Daily News Egypt February 23, 2013

Land port on Egypt-Sudan border to be completed by Jan 2014 (AFP)

Land port on Egypt-Sudan border to be completed by Jan 2014

Priority will be given to Aswan residents for employment opportunities at the…

Daily News Egypt February 4, 2013