tourism

EgyptAir resumes direct flights between Cairo, Lisbon after 13-year suspension

Thu, 25 Jul 2024 - 02:55 GMT

The flights were resumed to boost the number of tourists also coming from Brazil, United States and Canada.

Ministers of Tourism, Investment talk enhancing joint cooperation

Tue, 16 Jul 2024 - 09:55 GMT

Minister of Tourism and Antiquities Sherif Fathi met on Tuesday with Engineer Hassan Al-Khatib, Minister of Investment and Foreign Trade, at the headquarters of the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities in the New Administrative Capital.

Egyptian Minister, UAE Amb. discuss enhancing bilateral cooperation in tourism

Mon, 15 Jul 2024 - 09:21 GMT

These meetings aim to contribute to increasing incoming tourist traffic to Egypt.

Egypt seeks to reach 30M tourists, diversify tourism patterns: Minister

Fri, 12 Jul 2024 - 12:30 GMT

The minister's remarks came during his statement at the fourth meeting of the special Parliamenatry committee concerned with studying the government’s program on Thursday.

Egypt’s tourism sector to contribute 8.1% of national GDP in 2024: World Travel and Tourism Council

Thu, 27 Jun 2024 - 04:43 GMT

In 2023, Egypt’s tourism sector contributed around 24 percent of the country’s GDP in 2023, recording around LE 953 billion

South Sinai Governor, S.Korean Amb. talk promoting tourism, mutual cooperation

Wed, 26 Jun 2024 - 08:16 GMT

The meeting also aimed at promoting tourist movement from South Korea to South Sinai.

Egypt eyes Bolivian tourism, investments in SCzone

Sun, 23 Jun 2024 - 08:19 GMT

Ambassador to Sucre Hatem al-Nashar invited earlier this week Bolivian Vice-President David Choquehuanca to visit Egypt.

Egypt welcomes Saudi Investments in tourism

Wed, 29 May 2024 - 09:47 GMT

Saudi Chambers Union: Egypt is an Attractive Investment Environment and the Tourism Sector Offers Exceptional Opportunities

Matrouh Airport receives 1st flight from Warsaw after 2-year hiatus

Tue, 28 May 2024 - 09:40 GMT

Resuming flights from the Polish capital falls within the framework of efforts of the Civil Aviation Ministry to stimulate the inbound tourism coming from Europe to Egypt's tourist destinations.

Egyptian, Greek FMs hold consultations on economic ties, regional crises

Mon, 20 May 2024 - 03:49 GMT

Minister of Foreign Affairs Sameh Shokry held talks Monday with his Greek counterpart Giorgos Gerapetritis during his visit to Athens.

Egypt has 11.5K hospitality establishments worth LE182B: GAFI

Mon, 20 May 2024 - 02:01 GMT

The number of hotel rooms - whether regular or floating - added during the first quarter of 2024 was 4,012.

Egypt, Belarus sign MoUs on investment, trade, tourism

Tue, 30 Apr 2024 - 02:14 GMT

Belarusian Prime Minister Roman Golovchenko is holding a visit to Egypt.

Egypt's top 13 environmental tourism sites

Tue, 30 Apr 2024 - 12:49 GMT

Egypt's Success Stories in Environmental Preservation and Green Tourism

Egypt's Tourism, Suez Canal receipts face risks amid regional tensions: Fitch Ratings

Sun, 28 Apr 2024 - 11:53 GMT

Fitch noted that the direct exchange of strikes between Iran and Israel has raised the risks of an escalation of regional conflict beyond Gaza.

Incoming tourist flow to Egypt rise by 3-4% during 1st quarter of 2024

Thu, 25 Apr 2024 - 11:15 GMT

Peter Greenberg, a well-known American broadcaster for CBS News and PBS, will host a one-hour TV show about Egypt.

Thousands of hotel rooms launched in Egypt in Q1 of 2024

Wed, 24 Apr 2024 - 01:19 GMT

In a related context, the occupancy rate during the first three months of 2024 was 54,78 percent growing by eight percent.

Number of Chinese tourists visiting Egypt increased in 2023: official

Tue, 23 Apr 2024 - 12:31 GMT

This came during a meeting she had with Ni Yuefeng, secretary of Hebei, and the Chinese ambassador to Egypt Liao Liqiang.

German keinemusik stages concert at Giza Plateau

Sat, 20 Apr 2024 - 09:02 GMT

The German Keinemusik band held their concert Friday at the Giza Pyramids Plateau.

Number of international tourists to Egypt rises by 4% in Q1 of 2024

Wed, 03 Apr 2024 - 12:37 GMT

Yet, the figure for Sharm El Sheikh fell by 20 percent.

Cabinet spox: Egypt not selling airports, but only assigning operation, management to private sector

Tue, 05 Mar 2024 - 01:30 GMT

Counselor Mohamed Al-Homsani, spokesman for the Egyptian cabinet, said that the Egyptian state decided to choose an international consultant in the coming period to study and develop a vision and plan to offer management and operations of airports to the private sector.

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