Tourism and Archeology
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255 tourists arrive at Sharm El Sheikh port
Date: 2016-01-08 10:06:55 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:35 - ID:4072869
SUEZ, Egypt, Jan 8 (MENA) – As many as 255 tourists of different nationalities and 173 crews arrived on Friday at Sharm El Sheikh port to visit tourist attractions in the resort city. They arrived on board a ship coming from Jordanian Aqaba ....
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Tourism min. follows up Giza hotel attack
Date: 2016-01-07 15:23:29 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:74 - ID:4070241
CAIRO, Jan 7 (MENA) - Tourism Minister Hesham Zaazou has been following up closely the developments of an attack at a hotel in Giza's Haram district. The ministry's operations room convened immediately after the incident, which left no tourists or ....
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Assiut security arrest farmer with 41 suspected artifacts in possession
Date: 2016-01-07 05:55:24 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:6 - ID:4066597
CAIRO, Jan 7 (MENA) - Assiut security forces arrested a farmer with 41 suspected artifacts in possession. The defendant admitted possessing these medium-sized statues for trafficking. Legal action was taken against him. (MENA) S R E ....
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Tourism minister meets JTUE representatives
Date: 2016-01-05 17:39:22 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:112 - ID:4056777
CAIRO, Jan 5 (MENA) - Egypt's Tourism Minister Hisham Zaazou on Tuesday met with representatives of the Japanese Travel Union of Egypt (JTUE) to discuss ways to promote tourism inflow from Japan. The meeting also dealt with broadcasting positive ....
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Artifacts moved from Luxor to GEM
Date: 2016-01-05 13:37:12 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:65 - ID:4054501
CAIRO, Jan 5 (MENA) - A committee tasked with moving artifacts to the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) has started unwrapping the pieces that have already been moved from Luxor to the GEM ahead of renovating them, said GEM director Tareq Tawfiq ....
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3.195 tourists visit archaeological sites in Luxor over past 2 days
Date: 2016-01-04 16:03:47 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:76 - ID:4050253
LUXOR, Upper Egypt, Jan 4 (MENA) - About 3,195 foreign and Egyptian tourists visited Luxor over the past two days, said the General Director of the Luxor Antiquities Moustafa Wazery. In statements on Monday, Wazery underlined that the number of ....
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Tourism Ministry eases measures for tourism visas
Date: 2016-01-03 16:42:49 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:72 - ID:4043361
CAIRO, Jan 3 (MENA) – The Tourism Ministry is easing measures for tourism visas in coordination with relevant authorities, Tourism Minister Hesham Zaazou said. The Egyptian authorities allowed a group of Chinese holidaymakers to enter the country ....
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Meeting held to discuss resuming development work at Pyramids on Giza plateau
Date: 2016-01-03 13:37:10 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:43 - ID:4041445
CAIRO, Jan 3 (MENA) - Antiquities Minister Mamdouh el Damaty, Tourism Minister Hisham Zaazou, Giza Governor Kamal el Dali and Assistant Interior Minister Ahmed Shahin discussed drawing up a plan to resume development work at the Pyramids on the Giza ....
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Tourism min. pleased with Egypt's participation in world New Year celebrations
Date: 2016-01-01 11:55:19 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:29 - ID:4031493
CAIRO, Jan 1 (MENA) - Tourism Minister Hisham Zaazou on Friday expressed happiness that Egypt is taking part, for the first time, in worldwide celebrations of New Year's Eve. Zaazou made the remarks in a celebration held at the Great Pyramids of ....
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Employee accused of trading in Amenhotep III statue in custody
Date: 2015-12-31 19:02:52 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:87 - ID:4029381
ASWAN, Egypt, Dec 31 (MENA) – Prosecutors in Aswan ordered on Thursday to hold an employee accused of hiding and trading in an Amenhotep III statue in Edfu city in custody for four days pending investigations. The suspect, 51, was arrested while ....