Tourism and Archeology

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  • Egyptian ambassador receives 120 Italian tour operators, journalists, figures

    Date: 2016-10-25 22:50:17 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:116 - ID:5838661

    CAIRO, Oct 25 (MENA) - Egyptian Ambassador in Rome Amr Helmy on Tuesday hosted an economic seminar at the Egyptian embassy on efforts exerted to promote Egyptian tourist destinations. As many as 120 representatives for Italian tour operators, ....

  • New exhibition for antiquities at Egyptian Museum

    Date: 2016-10-24 20:35:04 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:96 - ID:5831541

    CAIRO, Oct 24 (MENA) – Antiquities Minister Khaled el Anani inaugurated late on Monday activities of a new exhibition for antiquities at the Egyptian Museum. The temporary exhibition, the first of its kind, shows 350 artifacts that were seized at ....

  • Alexandria port receives Maltese tourist ferry

    Date: 2016-10-24 19:55:06 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:94 - ID:5831313

    ALEXANDRIA, Egypt, Oct 24 (MENA) - Alexandria port received on Monday a Maltese ferryboat, with 406 tourists on board in addition to its 200-member crew. The passenger ship sailed to the Egyptian coastal city from Cyprus. The group will spend ....

  • Int'l cooperation minister, Japan amb. sign letters to fund GEM

    Date: 2016-10-24 10:14:04 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:27 - ID:5827161

    GIZA, Oct 24 (MENA) - Minister of International Cooperation Sahar Nasr Monday signed letters exchanged with Japan to fund the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM). Putting his signature to the letters was also Takehiro Kagawa, the Japanese Ambassador in ....

  • German tourist group arrives in Sohag

    Date: 2016-10-23 20:12:15 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:84 - ID:5825341

    SOHAG, Upper Egypt, Oct 23 (MENA) – Twenty-nine German tourists arrived at Sohag international airport on a two-day stay to visit several Pharaonic sites in the cities of Akhmim and Balyana. The group visited the ancient statue of Meritamen in ....

  • Tourism min. follows up preparations for UNWTO conference in Luxor

    Date: 2016-10-23 19:28:19 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:81 - ID:5825069

    LUXOR, Upper Egypt, Oct 23 (MENA) - Tourism Minister Yehia Rashed arrived here Sunday to follow up preparations for hosting the city tourism conference and the 104th session of the World Tourism Organization’s (UNWTO) Executive Council that will be ....

  • Egypt, JICA to sign financing agreement for Grand Egyptian Museum Monday

    Date: 2016-10-23 16:03:05 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:67 - ID:5822405

    CAIRO, Oct 23 (MENA) - The International Cooperation Ministry is scheduled Monday to sign a loan agreement with the Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA) to contribute to the financing of the Grand Egyptian Museum. The loan aims at ....

  • UN official calls on world to visit Egypt

    Date: 2016-10-23 13:26:25 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:49 - ID:5822713

    CAIRO, Oct 23 (MENA) - United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi visited on Saturday the Pyramids area, Head of the Pyramids Antiquities are Ashraf Mohie said. Grandi, who was keen on taking photographs, said he will tweet ....

  • Tourism Promotion Authority hosts delegation from The Netherlands

    Date: 2016-10-22 21:47:08 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:79 - ID:5819621

    CAIRO, Oct 22 (MENA) – The Egyptian Tourism Promotion Authority hosts a Dutch delegation comprising 12 writers and reporters working in the main newspapers in The Netherlands as well as a number of archaeologists. The delegation arrived here on ....

  • Egypt takes part in Int'l Tourism and Travel Show in Montreal

    Date: 2016-10-22 19:50:18 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:73 - ID:5819189

    CAIRO, Oct 22 (MENA) – Egypt’s Consul General Amal Salama on Saturday inaugurated the Egyptian pavilion at the International Tourism and Travel Show in Montreal, Canada. The Egyptian General Consulate was keen to take part in this international ....

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