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Gulf tourists double reservations in Cairo hotels for Eid
Occupancies in Cairo hotels vary between 20%-30%, looks to increase to 70% within last few days of Ramadan
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 26m nights in 2013
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 drinking water network, under company’s plan to increase insurance prices and periods
Tourism ministry starts blueprinting 185m sqm in South Sinai: TDA CEO
Tourist authority conducted trilateral protocol focusing on operations of land planning in the area of Ras Mohamed and El-Tor
Abdel Nour discusses medical tourism investments with Russian company
The volume of medical tourism in Egypt is very low, representing only 1% of tourism income
Sharm El-Sheikh sees tourist influx, tourism remains unstable
Shopkeepers lower rents 15% to resolve recession crisis, says shop seller
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 40m.
CBE initiative to support tourism is only partial solution: ETF Chairman
Ministry of Tourism to support tourism investment fund with EGP 100m, of which EGP 25m sent to Ayadi company established by Ministry of Planning
Ministry of Tourism increases security measures after Luxor bomb
We continue measures to ensure that no harm comes to anyone visiting Egypt, says tourism minister
Tourism income expected to grow 47% by end of current FY: Ministry official
Tourism revenue rose by $5.5bn in three quarters of FY 2014/2015, compared to $3.1bn during the same period of previous year
MATIA holds new negotiations with airlines over operating in area: Chairman
The Marsa Alam area includes investments of over EGP 11bn, area is ready to become a tourism city competing with Sharm El-Sheikh
800,000 German tourists visited Egypt last year, bring EGP 2bn revenues
German tourists stay in Egypt for one week on average, instead of two weeks before 25 January Revolution
Egypt, EU twinning agreement to reach full potential in 24 months
EgyptAir still studying financing air fleet increase from 81 to 125 aircrafts
Investments worth EGP 9bn in 59 projects on TDA lands by end of current FY: TDA Chairman
TDA’s activity growth before the end of FY 2014/2015 led to financial surplus of EGP 258m at the Ministry of Finance
Charter flight stimulation: Suspension or reinforcement
Programme aims to reduce shelter and take-off fees by about 20%-30%, or exempt airplanes from paying them, says Al-Adawy
Government demands company to manage archaeological areas: ETF Chairman
Two Saudi investors offer to establish company with $50m capital to manage archaeological areas
Russian tourism shows promise of increase in 2015
Decision-makers say that booking ratios are reassuring and on the rise
Rixos Seagate Sharm to launch in August with renovations of $55m: General Manager
Three Rixos Hotels will be opened by 2016-2017, says Huth
ETAA presents demands to Mehleb to raise sector efficiency
Egyptian Travel Agents Association proposed nine demands, including necessity to participate in regulations for activities
Egypt targets 20 million tourists by 2020: Tourism Minister
Promotional campaign targets 27 touristic markets, 17 companies applied to implement it
Russia tops tourist income to Egypt last year at $2.5bn: Ministry official
Number of Russian tourists to Egypt increased last year to 3.1 million tourists compared to 2.4 million tourists the previous year
Despite dip in tourism, Moez Street maintains historical art of engraving
Handcrafted engraved copper prices vary from EGP 35 to EGP 1,500
Egypt encourages foreigners to visit ancestors’ WWII graves
Project is expected to attract 1m tourists during coming years
Blue Sky to build 3 new hotels in Sharm El-Sheikh: Chairman
Firm is currently convincing Thomas Cook and other operators to increase flight capacity to Egypt, says Al-Shaer
300% growth in Travelstart Egypt sales in 2014: Regional manager
Website visitors increase to 1.2 million during 2014 results in revenue growth
Tourism ministry announces electronic draw results for pilgrimage
269,571 citizens competed to acquire 29,000 pilgrimage visas, tourism ministry says
14 GCC, Egyptian investors request North Coast land for tourist resorts: Ministry official
TDA aims to offer North Coast land tender in second half of 2015 as part of country’s intention to develop region
Egypt targets 1 million German tourists in 2015: Tourism Minister
The target will be to reach 1.3 million tourists from Germany by the end of next year, Rami said.
Low Marsa Alam hotel occupancy threatens EGP 15bn investments: Deputy Chairman
Marsa Alam occupancy rates are at 25%, some hotels forced to shut down
Saudi, US tourists major spenders in Egypt during 2014: Ministerial Economic Adviser
Ministry of Tourism hopes to raise sector expenditure in Q1 of 2015 to $85, increase tourist numbers to 1.2 million