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Grand Egyptian Museum revives tourism even before official inauguration
Construction work of museum due to end by mid- 2019, over 45,000 artefacts safely found home; GEM Director
2019: Getting over challenges and eyeing more opportunities
Tourism industry aspires to go beyond ‘usual goals’, eyes new markets
Every Egyptian household would have at least one direct or indirect worker in tourism: Al-Mashat
Structural reform programme includes institutional reforms, legislative reforms,promotion, marketing activities, infrastructural, tourism development
International tourist arrivals reach 1.4 billion: UNWTO in 2018
Growth expected to return to historical trends in 2019
Egypt’s revenues from tourism rose by 45.5% during first 3 months of current FY
Tourism balance surplus increased to $3.2bn, up from $2bn, an increase of 60% during period from July to September in FY 2018/19 compared to same period last FY
2018 is booming year for tourism in Hurghada throughout last 3 years: Guirguis
Hilton Hurghada Resort launched new renovation plan, scheduled to be completed by 2020
Egypt’s economic outlook remains positive, backed by tourism, natural gas: Credit Suisse
Weak FDI, reliance on hot money, inflation still challenging
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4 killed and 10 injured in bus explosion near Giza Pyramids: Sadek
Egypt’s tourism sector is not directly targeted by attack due to bomb’s location, says El-Zayat
AMADEUS signs cooperation protocol with EG GATE to improve tourism, flight booking service
Firm targets marketing Egyptian tourism globally via database of 500,000 international tour companies
Rooms revenue at Nile Ritz-Carlton up by 22% in 2018
Occupancy rates at 77%, Dahab hotel to be completed in 2019
CBE extends initiative to support tourism sector until end-December 2019
The Central Bank of Egypt’s (CBE) board of directors decided to extend its initiative to support the tourism sector until the end of December 2019. According to the CBE, during this period all applications to postpone dues to banks will be accepted for a period up to three years. The CBE has launched this initiative …
Promoting tourism on top of government’s priorities: Al-Mashat
40% increase in number of visitors to Egypt y-o-y, says tourism minister
Tourism sector contributes 20% to Egypt’s GDP: Al-Mashat
Only shortcoming Egypt presently faces is failure to promote tourism in a creative manner, says expert
10 American bloggers explore Egypt’s beauty
Visit to promote Egypt as favourable destination among tourists worldwide, position it as attractive, safe, unique travel, investment spot
Egypt’s tourism to contribute 15% to GDP this year: Al-Mashat
“We exerted substantial efforts in developing hotels, airports, now we need to focus on promotion campaigns,” says Al-Zayat
Egypt’s tourism recovery, FDIs increase, keep economic growth positive: EBRD
General upturn reflects improved competitiveness in wake of currency depreciation, says report
‘Sharm El-Sheikh Insurance, Reinsurance Rendezvous’ to revive tourism in Egypt: El-Zoheiry
Event will include 25 speakers, 18 or 19 from international insurance, reinsurance markets
Funny tourism advertising in a Finnish way
Taba Heights to diversify its leisure activities to stimulate tourism
Resort is unique hotel, situated in beautifully preserved bay, between two mountains, best hotel in world of Club Med Group
Preserving nature to attract more investments, tourism to Egypt: Palmer
Egypt is first Arab, African country to host UN Biodiversity conference, says environment minister
Egypt became fastest growing tourist destination: UNWTO
Highlighting Egypt as fastest tourist destination compared with 2016 ranks ‘normal measure’, says Al-Zayat
‘I intervened to resolve Salah crisis, coordinated with him to promote Egyptian tourism’: minister of sports
Return of spectators to local league matches considered great achievement, Sobhy says
Tourism sector sees remarkable improvements, our performance numbers reflect this: Hilton Luxor general manager
The General Manager at Hilton Luxor Resort and Spa, Florian Gruhl, told Daily News Egypt that the tourism sector has seen remarkable improvements and that their performance numbers reflect this. Daily News Egypt sat down for an interview with Gruhl, who talked about Hilton’s plan in the coming five years, especially, after they received TripAdvisor’s …
Stability drives increase in tourism revenues: Al-Mashat
Private sector contribution at 98%, Ministry’s role mainly organisational
Tourism is booming again on Lampedusa
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80% increase in British tourism to Egypt by end of 2018: The Guardian
Experts argue that British tourism will not return with high percentage unless UK abandons ban on flights to Sharm El-Sheikh, call on government to launch marketing campaign
GEM has great potential to boost tourism in Egypt: Japanese ambassador
Japanese Ambassador to Egypt Takehiro Kagawa said that the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) has a great potential to boost tourism in Egypt, expecting that the GEM will play an active role in promoting Egyptian tourism with its business-oriented planning to attract more people from all over the world. According to the International Monetary Fund (IMF)’s third review staff report, Egypt’s tourism …
Discussing status quo, challenges of hotel investment tourism in Egypt
Egypt is ranked second largest branded hotel market in Middle East, third in Africa, says Marriott International president
Egypt, Turkey dominate global tourism market: Exceltur
Egypt is one of the best tourist destinations in 2018, says American Forbes magazine
ESIP aims to promote all kinds of tourism in Egypt: Hadi
Our interns witnessed that Egypt offers some of most impressive institutions, experts, scholars worldwide, says ESIP`s founder