Latest in Tag: Ministry of Tourism Highlight
Latest in Tag: Ministry of Tourism
Tourist occupancies in Sharm El-Sheikh stable this week: Hotels Chamber
Occupancy rates remain at 55% despite October bombing in North Sinai
Ministry to subsidise charter flights, starting November: Official
Tourism ministry launches new stimulus programme for charter flights beginning in November with special subsidies for Luxor, Aswan, and Taba
Tourism Syndicate asks 7% annual allowance for workers
General Syndicate for Tourism and Hotels makes request in light of increased flow of foreign tourists to Egypt
Tourism Ministry aims to raise Red Sea resorts occupancy for winter season
Ministry hopes to raise occupancy to over 80% in hotels by intensifying marketing efforts
Tourism ministry aims to increase profits to $10.5bn by FY 2014/2015 end
Ministry of Finance raises allocations to TAA to participate in 21 tourism exhibitions across the world
Eastern Europe leads tourism exports to Egypt during first half of 2014: CAPMAS
1.9 million Eastern European tourists visited Egypt during first half of year
Euromoney Conference: North coast land to be offered in February’s Economic Summit: Minister of Tourism
Government targets EGP 19bn investments with 28msquare metres of land, says an official source at the Ministry of Tourism
Ministry of Tourism seeking to diversify sector’s activities in near future to increase plunging tourist numbers
The Minister of Tourism talks with Al-Borsa about the current state of tourism in Egypt
Euromoney Conference: ETA marketing budget to be cut by 25%
Marketing budget cuts pushes Egyptian Tourism Authority to make-do with participation in international bourses and increase private sector coordination
Tourism ministry to form advisory council of travel companies and hotels: Zaazou
Advisory council to assist tourism minister with practical experience
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
TDA considers delaying 20m metre tender to 4Q 2014: Tourism ministry official
Tourism Development Authority considers deferring tender to the last quarter of year instead of August on lack of investor interest
Tourism programme to trace Holy Family’s steps through Egypt
Pope Tawadros II has agreed to open monasteries to tourist groups
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
Tourism organisations sign protocol to raise the capabilities of e-marketing
Arab Tourism Organisation and Tourism Promotion Authority signs protocol of cooperation to establish training programme to raise e-marketing capabilities
Tourism Ministry to offer incentives to attract foreign investment: Investment adviser
Ministerial committee convenes today to review property ownership laws in the Sinai
Egypt launches programme to attract Gulf tourists
The programme is part of “Wahshtoona” (We miss you), a programme that attempts to encourage tourism from Arab Countries, the minister said in a statement issued Monday.
Ministry of Housing approves debt repayment plan for struggling tourism companies
Ministry of Housing agrees to grant tourism companies the option to pay debts owed to water companies in installments
Ministry of tourism to improve infrastructure for tourism
The Ministry is developing different initiatives aiming to return tourism to pre-2011 levels
Tourism minister offers incentives for Europe to lift travel warnings
Hisham Zaazou says he will coordinate with the Minister of Civil Aviation to decrease flight costs and cut exit fees
At least four dead in blast targeting tourist bus
A fatal explosion in Sinai kills three Korean tourists and an Egyptian
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
Government depends on charter flights to increase tourism
The charter flights programme was launched last November with the goal of bolstering tourism during the second half of winter 2013-2014
Tourism earnings to fall by 39% to EGP 6.5bn by end of 2013: Tourism minister
Zaazou said the average occupancy in the Red Sea and South Sinai is rising because travel bans have been lifted.
Egypt requests Japan consider lifting travel ban
Ministers stress importance of Japanese tourism to Egypt
Tourism employees protest new Luxor governor
Luxor residents enter fourth day of sit-in at governorate building; tourism ministry employees hold protests in Cairo
Egypt targets 13 million tourists in 2013
Minister of tourism expresses optimism in tourism sector, barring 30 June violence
Green Tourism
Minister of Tourism signs a protocol for ‘Green Tourism’ in a press conference.
Zaazou defends Iranian tourism
Minister of Tourism Hisham Zaazou sees Iranian tourism as a new opportunity for Egypt’s tourism sector
Tourism ministry streams videos of tourist sites
Move designed to counter ‘bad image’ created by isolated protests, says tourism minister