Tourism and Archeology

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  • 365 visit Saint Catherine in 24 hours

    Date: 2016-12-29 08:25:13 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:15 - ID:6236797

    SHARM EL SHEIKH, Dec 29 (MENA) - Despite minus-zero temperature, 365 persons, including 318 foreign tourists and 47 Egyptians, visited Saint Catherine city over the past 24 hours, Head of Saint Catherine Municipality El Sayed Abdel Sadek said ....

  • Tourism Ministry refutes reports claiming promotion campaign in Italy "weak"

    Date: 2016-12-29 07:05:29 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:8 - ID:6236301

    CAIRO, Dec 29 (MENA) – The Tourism Ministry refuted erroneous reports on some websites alleging that the Egyptian tourism promotion campaign in Italy was weak. In a statement on Wednesday, the ministry stressed that it is exerting, alongside the ....

  • 7000 tourists visit Aswan’s Temple of Edfu

    Date: 2016-12-28 21:03:34 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:76 - ID:6235321

    ASWAN, Upper Egypt, Dec 28 (MENA) – Around 7000 tourists of different nationalities paid visits to the Temple of Edfu in Aswan on Wednesday, the temple’s chief antiquities inspector. Mohamed el Edrisi said the temple witnessed today a record ....

  • Tourism expert praises outcome of flight support program

    Date: 2016-12-28 13:02:59 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:47 - ID:6232525

    CAIRO, Dec 28 (MENA) - The economic adviser to the Egyptian tourism minister praised on Wednesday the outcome of a program recently launched to increase the number of flights to Egypt. The number of German tourists increased from 16,000 in August ....

  • Ministers of int'l cooperation, antiquities confer on funding of projects

    Date: 2016-12-28 11:20:12 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:29 - ID:6231333

    CAIRO, Dec 28 (MENA) - International Cooperation Minister Sahar Nasr met Wednesday with Minister of Antiquities Khaled el Anany to discuss current and future funds to support archaeological projects. The meeting took up a project to upgrade the ....

  • 729 tourists visit Saint Catherine in 24 hours

    Date: 2016-12-28 06:54:35 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:11 - ID:6230385

    SHARM EL SHEIKH, Egypt, Dec 28 (MENA) - Up to 729 tourists have visited Saint Catherine city over the past 24 hours, Head of Saint Catherine Municipality El Sayed Abdel Sadek said Wednesday. They visited Saint Catherine's Monastery, Bedouin ....

  • Cairo hotels occupancy rate surpassed 90%: Tourism Authority

    Date: 2016-12-27 15:58:15 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:74 - ID:6228165

    CAIRO, Dec 27 (MENA) - The occupancy rate of Cairo hotels has hit 90-100 percent, especially in Cairo, Luxor and Aswan, the Egyptian Tourism Authority said on Tuesday. In statements to MENA, Tourism Authority Board Member Soha el Turgoman said that ....

  • Saint Catherine receives 55 Italian tourists

    Date: 2016-12-27 13:43:10 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:54 - ID:6227045

    SHARM EL SHEIKH, Egypt, Dec 27 (MENA) - Fifty-five Italian tourists visited Saint Catherine city on Tuesday at an invitation from South Sinai governor Khaled Fouda to tour the archaeological sites in Saint Catherine and Sharm el Sheikh. Head of ....

  • 500 tourists arrive at Sharm port

    Date: 2016-12-27 10:23:01 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:25 - ID:6225205

    SUEZ, Egypt, Dec 27 (MENA) - 'Amadea' ship sailed into Sharm el Sheikh port with 500 tourists of different nationalities on board coming from Port Said. In statements on Tuesday, head of the Red Sea Ports Authority Hisham Abu Senna urged workers ....

  • 77 tourists arrive in Luxor from Madrid

    Date: 2016-12-27 06:29:19 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:5 - ID:6223937

    LUXOR, Upper Egypt, Dec 27 (MENA) – Some 77 tourists arrived in Luxor from Spain late Monday on board of a charter flight from Madrid. The visitors are scheduled to tour a number of tourist attractions in the ancient city, said Head of Tourism ....

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