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ETA adopts new regulations for tourism advertising campaigns

Date: 2019-07-05 20:01:53 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:53 - ID:8011493

CAIRO, July 5 (MENA) - The board of directors of the Egyptian Tourism Authority (ETA) adopted on Friday new regulations to organize joint advertising campaigns with tour operators in fiscal year 2019/2020. The move falls within the framework of ....

Boutros Ghali foundation urges UNESCO to halt Egyptian artifacts sale in London

Date: 2019-07-04 09:52:17 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:23 - ID:8009130

CAIRO, July 4 (MENA) - The Kemet Boutros Ghali Foundation for Peace and Knowledge is astonished that Britain did not take any action to stop the sale of 32 Egyptian artifacts in Christie's Auction in London. The foundation urged the international ....

Egypt protests auctioning artifacts in London

Date: 2019-07-03 19:06:12 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:89 - ID:8008584

CAIRO, July 3 (MENA) - Egypt's ministries of foreign affairs and antiquities asserted Wednesday the illegitimacy of selling some Egyptian artifacts at Christie's auction house in London. Lambasting the house administration for paying no regard to ....

Tourism min. hails Germany's decision to end travel ban on Taba

Date: 2019-06-29 18:38:04 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:59 - ID:8002657

CAIRO, June 29 (MENA) - Minister of Tourism Rania El Mashat welcomed Germany's decision to lift a ban preventing German nationals from travelling to the resort-town of Taba in eastern Sinai Peninsula. The German decision will greatly contribute ....

Albanian tourism company operates charter flights to Sharm, Hurghada

Date: 2019-06-29 07:34:07 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:14 - ID:8001615

TIRANA, June 29 (MENA) - One of Albania's mega tourism companies announced on Saturday it will start operating charter flights on weekly basis to the Red Sea resort cities of Hurghda and Sharm el Sheikh as of Tuesday. The charter flights from the ....

Mashat: Egypt achieved stability in macroeconomic indicators, unemployment rate dropped

Date: 2019-06-28 20:00:07 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:78 - ID:8001351

CAIRO, June 28 (MENA) - Egypt achieved stability in macroeconomic indicators after implementing the economic reform program in 2016, as the economy showed a growth ranging between 4 to 5 percent, the highest rate in 10 years, Tourism Minister Rania ....

Chinese tourism to Egypt increased by 50% - minister

Date: 2019-06-27 14:24:19 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:59 - ID:7999313

CAIRO, June 27 (MENA) - Tourism Minister Rania el Mashat said on Thursday the Chinese market is one of promising tourism markets for Egypt, adding that the number of Chinese tourists coming to Egypt increased by 50 percent over the past ....

Antiquities minister reviews developments of GEM's museum exhibition

Date: 2019-06-25 16:08:30 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:60 - ID:7996570

CAIRO, June 25 (MENA) – Minister of Antiquities Khaled el Anani reviewed during a meeting with general supervisor of the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) Atef Moftah the latest developments about the upcoming museum exhibition of historical halls at the ....

Mashat: We seek to open new tourist markets in Egypt

Date: 2019-06-25 13:49:56 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:45 - ID:7996435

CAIRO, July 25 (MENA) - Minister of Tourism Rania al Mashat said Tuesday her ministry focuses on promoting training and developing hotel classification standards to encourage competitiveness and diversify tourist markets to lure more foreign ....

Cairo expects resumption of flights between Russia, Egyptian resorts before 2020

Date: 2019-06-24 13:56:47 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:46 - ID:7994611

MOSCOW, June 24 (MENA) - Egypt hopes that charter flights between Russia and the resorts of Sharm El Sheikh and Hurghada will be resumed before the end of the year, Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry said in an interview with Russian news ....