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Additional $32m to boost security measures in tourist resorts

Two attacks took place last Thursday and Friday in Giza and Hurghada

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Tourism companies demand widening Sharm El-Sheikh-Cairo road: ETAA Transport Committee chairman

The Egyptian Travel Agents Association requests that Sharm El-Sheikh—Cairo road be expanded in order to prevent traffic accident rates from rising further and protect lives

TDA to offer 4 investment opportunities for projects in Ain Sokhna: Tourism minister adviser

Tourism Development Authority will offer four investment opportunities for integrated development in Ain Sokhna on an area of over 500,000 square metres each

Stimulus programmes for charter flights reconsidered to encourage tourism: Minister of Tourism

Ministry will reconsider stimulus programmes for charter flights to encourage travel to Egypt through introducing new programmes to support airlines economically

Tourism programme to trace Holy Family’s steps through Egypt

Pope Tawadros II has agreed to open monasteries to tourist groups

Tourism ministry aims to increase Gulf visitors by 20% by end of August: Ministry official

Ministry of Tourism collaborates with EgyptAir and Air Cairo to launch flights between Riyadh, Jeddah and Kuwait to Sharm El-Sheikh and Hurghada

Decision to not revoke licenses for floating hotels welcomed by industry’s chamber

Chairman of Chamber of Floating Hotels says 90% of floating hotels have not worked for the past 3 years

Timing ‘inappropriate’ for subsidies removal: Hotels chamber

Removing diesel subsidies from November onward would pose extra burden on already suffering tourism sector, says deputy chairman of Chambers of Hotels

Ministry of Tourism considering payment of $7 development fee on behalf of tourism companies

This led the ministry to study the option of paying for the development fees instead of the companies.

Tourism revenues slide 66% in first half of FY 2013/2014

Ministry of Finance says the tourism sector brought in $1.9bn in six months.

Egypt tourism totally collapsed, changes needed: Tourism Minister

Egypt’s tourism, a main source of income, has suffered dramatically since the ouster of Hosni Mubarak in 2011 due to political instability.

Egypt tourism to recover ‘modestly’ in 2014: Oxford Business Group

Lifting travel alerts to Egypt will reassure potential visitors, but will not guarantee a surge in arrivals, report says

Hugh Robertson pays first visit Egypt

High-ranking British diplomat comes to Cairo and meets with senior government officials

Tourism slumps 45.6% in August: CAPMAS

Largest number of August tourists hail from Europe (74.7%) followed by 18.1% from Arab countries

Zaazou reaches out to travel industry in a YouTube video

While placing emphasis on maintaining tourism partnerships abroad, Zaazou asked foreign travel agencies to push their governments to lift their negative travel advisories for Egypt since the national curfew is not imposed in many beach tourist sites.