Latest in Tag: Sharm El Sheikh Highlight
Latest in Tag: Sharm El Sheikh
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
Occupancies decrease in coastal areas following Eid Al-Fitr holiday: Vice President of Chamber of Hotels
Occupancies for hotels in coastal areas increased during the holiday to more than 80%, said Al-Shaer, as many Egyptians left their homes to spend Eid Al-Fitr elsewhere.
Tourism ministry to launch campaign to encourage Europeans to visit Egypt
Tourism authority official says lifting travel warning important step to restore tourism from Europe
Almasria Universal Airlines considers operating flights to tourist areas at discounted prices: Chairman
Almasria Universal Airlines considers operating flights to Sharm El-Sheikh and Luxor during peak seasons holidays at reduced prices
Red Sea tourism rises after Germany lifts travel warning: Hotels chamber
Hotel occupancies rose to 80% in Hurghada and 35% in Sharm El-Sheikh as a result of Germany’s foreign ministry lifting travel warnings, says vice president of Chamber of Hotels
Russian tourist raped in Sharm El-Sheikh
Suspect, a minibus driver, in custody
Germany lifts travel warnings to Sharm El-Sheikh: Chairman of International Tourism
German foreign ministry lifted travel warnings to Sharm El-Sheikh and South Sinai, which may push other European countries to do the same
Germany to lift travel warnings to Sharm El-Sheikh: German Embassy in Cairo
German Ambassador Hansjorg Haber considers lifting travel warnings to Sharm El-Sheikh very soon, according to statements by Tourism Minister Hesham Zaazou
Meet the cabinet’s economic team
With the swearing in of the new government, Daily News Egypt reintroduces the cabinet’s returning economic team and profiles the newly appointed ministers, discussing the main agenda and challenges they will have to tackle.
Egypt must earn back its tourists
By Alexander Liddington-Cox Egypt’s tourism industry is in pain and travel warnings from foreign governments seem a fair scapegoat for their sufferings. But these warnings are reasonable responses to continuing security threats that are again embracing tourists. It’s up to the winner of this month’s presidential election, not foreign governments, to make the case that it’s …
Travel to Middle East expected to grow 11.9% over next decade: Amadeus Study
Arab Spring had a negative impact on tourism in Egypt and Tunisia, says President of the Federation of Tourism, while Morocco and Turkey benefitted from the crisis
Sharm El Sheikh to host 2014 WSF World Cup
The location will give hosts Egypt the chance to defend the 2011 title they won for the first time in Chennai, India, on home soil.
Dahab is suffering
By Rebecca  Lister Dahab means gold in Arabic, but it seems that the resort should now be called lead. This once vibrant resort, formerly brimming with tourists and expats, is slowly dying and poverty is beckoning. Shops and restaurants are empty, dive centres closing daily, many hotels are standing empty – a ghost town in …
Dutch tourist accuses hotel worker of attempted rape in Marsa Alam
Four cases of sexual assault against tourists have been reported since the beginning of March
Investigation launched into alleged rape of British tourist
Two incidents of sexual assault on tourists occurred in March, both in Sharm El-Sheikh
Policeman referred to criminal court for sexually assaulting a tourist
Member of South Sinai Tourism Police accused of sexually assaulting Russian tourist in Sharm El-Sheikh
South Sinai governor denies British woman was raped
Two Sharm El-Sheikh hotel licences revoked, suggestion of a “black list” for people involved in harassment cases
Egypt lobbies Germany to ease travel advisory: Minister
France and Britain, two other major sources of tourists for Egypt, also advise against travelling to the peninsula but exempted Sharm El-Sheikh last week.
Belgium, Switzerland warn against travel to Sharm El-Sheikh
Several European countries now advise against travel to the Sinai Peninsula
German tour firms bring holidaymakers out of Sharm El-Sheikh
The German Foreign Office had on Wednesday recommended that its citizens refrain from travelling to the beach resorts on the peninsula
Coach blast knocks back Egypt’s tourism recovery
Tour operators had been nursing hopes of better days after a dire 2013, when the ousting of former president Mohamed Morsi and the killing of hundreds of his supporters tipped the sector back into crisis.
Deserted Naama Bay
A picture taken on 18 February 2014 shows the nearly deserted Naama Bay shopping district in the Egyptian Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh on 18 February 2014. The decline in tourism since the fall of Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak has hobbled Egypt’s economy. AFP PHOTO / KHALED DESOUKI
Suicide bomber may be responsible for Taba bus blast: Interior Ministry
Ministers visit injured in Sinai hospital, Seoul outraged by death of citizens
Egypt to host World Summit on Information Society
The event will be held in Sharm El-Sheikh during the last quarter of 2014.
Mohamed Safwat tops Futures 35 tennis
Safwat beats Serbia’s Pedja Krstin 2-0
20% drop in Sharm El-Sheikh air traffic
Hurghada airport receives 117 flights on Monday
Egypt less safe tourist destination than Pakistan, Yemen and Chad: WEF
Plunges ten places in World Economic Forum’s Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Index
Shell Egypt, Nile Petroleum sign agreement to market marine lubricants
Nile Petroleum will become the primary distributor of Shell marine lubricants in Egypt, serving ships passing through the Suez Canal
Zaazou announces strategy to boost tourism
Tourism ministry to undertake joint advertising campaigns with foreign countries and will launch a new campaign on Google
Christmas tourism reservations drop by 50 per cent
Officials attribute drop in tourism to violence and unrest in Cairo