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Tourism minister appoints new spokesperson

Date: 2020-03-18 18:26:29 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:71 - ID:8360007

CAIRO, March 18 (MENA) – Minister of Tourism and Antiquities Khaled el Anani has appointed Soha Bahgat Farag to be the official spokesperson for the ministry. Farag also serves as the minister’s adviser on training. (MENA) I S N/M I E ....

Luxor hotels to be sterilized on Thursday

Date: 2020-03-18 14:03:20 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:49 - ID:8359474

LUXOR, Egypt, March 18 (MENA) - All hotels in Luxor will be closed as of Thursday to start sterilization measures that were announced by the Ministry of Tourism to fight coronavirus, said Tharwat Agamy, the head of the Travel and Tourist Companies ....

Minister follows up COVID-19 fallout on archaeological sector

Date: 2020-03-17 21:34:08 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:84 - ID:8358582

CAIRO, March 17 (MENA) - Tourism and Antiquities Minister Khaled el Anani has instructed officials to meet the deadlines of under-construction tourism projects scheduled to open soon, such as Baron Empain Palace in Heliopolis. Anani made his ....

Outer facade of Heliopolis-based church illuminated ahead of Baron palace inauguration

Date: 2020-03-16 14:40:24 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:27 - ID:8355944

CAIRO, March 16 (MENA) - The Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities has finished the illumination of the facade of the "Our Lady of Heliopolis Co-Cathedral" at al Ahram street near the Baron Empain Palace in Heliopolis. Assistant Minister of ....

Tourism min. follows up rainwater suction efforts at Giza necropolis

Date: 2020-03-14 19:31:48 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:47 - ID:8353429

GIZA, March 15 (MENA) - Tourism and Antiquities Minister Khaled Al-Anani on Saturday followed up efforts underway to drain rainwater at the Giza pyramid complex. A large portion of accumulated rainwater has been drained from the archaeological area ....

France's Jimmy Jean-Louis tours Pyramids Plateau, Saqqara

Date: 2020-03-13 19:48:47 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:61 - ID:8352381

GIZA, Egypt, March 13 (MENA) - Haitian-French actor Jimmy Jean-Louis visited on Friday the Pyramids Plateau as part of his tour at Egyptian archaeological sites and attendance of the 2020 Luxor African Film Festival. Jean-Louis expressed his ....

Traffic movement in Luxor airport back to normal

Date: 2020-03-13 08:08:29 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:13 - ID:8351626

LUXOR, Egypt, March 13 (MENA) - The traffic movement in Luxor International Airport returned to normal on Friday after the improvement of weather conditions. Luxor governor, in a statement, said that the airport received on Friday four flights ....

Aviation minister follows up coronavirus precautionary measures at Cairo airport

Date: 2020-03-13 06:09:58 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:5 - ID:8351510

CAIRO, March 13 (MENA) - Minister of Civil Aviation Mohamed Manar on Friday went on an inspection tour of Cairo International Airport to follow up the precautionary measures against coronavirus. The minister made sure that all measures are ....

Haitian-French actor Jimmy Jean-Louis invites tourists to visit Luxor city

Date: 2020-03-12 09:43:01 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:19 - ID:8350451

LUXOR, Upper Egypt, March 12 (MENA) - Jimmy Jean-Louis, Haitian-French actor and model best known for his role as "the Haitian" on the NBC television series Heroes, invited tourists to visit Luxor City. In a statement on Thursday, the Tourism and ....

1800 tourists visit Abu Simbel twin temples on Tuesday

Date: 2020-03-10 21:45:45 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:61 - ID:8348322

ASWAN, March 10 (MENA) - The Abu Simbel Temples in Aswan welcomed a large number of tourists following a government announcement that Egypt is a safe country to visit amid global coronavirus concerns. As many as 1800 tourists of various ....