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Japanese archaeologist calls on Japanese to visit Egypt

Date: 2016-06-26 13:45:54 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:56 - ID:5162233

CAIRO, June 26 (MENA) - Egyptology Director for Japan's Waseda University Sakuji Yoshimura urged the Japanese to visit Egypt stressing that it is a secure and stable country. This came during the activities of the scientific forum of the second ....

Charter flight from Germany arrives at Luxor Airport

Date: 2016-06-23 12:06:45 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:48 - ID:5146565

LUXOR, Upper Egypt, June 23 (MENA) - A direct charter flight from Germany's Munich airport landed in Luxor on Thursday, with 130 German tourists on board. The German tourists are expected to visit tourist attractions on the western and eastern ....

Luxor governor gears up for int'l tourism conf. in Oct.

Date: 2016-06-23 08:46:57 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:20 - ID:5144657

LUXOR, June 23 (MENA) - Luxor Governor Mohamed Badr held late Wednesday a plenary meeting with representatives of tourism sectors, hotels and media centers, to prepare for the international tourism conference in October. Badr reviewed needed ....

Global (1): Melvin Lim Named General Manager of Marina Mandarin Singapore

Date: 2016-06-23 06:24:41 GMT - Singapore - Tourism and Archeology - SN:8 - ID:5144029

SINGAPORE, June 23, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Meritus Hotels & Resorts recently appointed Melvin Lim as General Manager of internationally acclaimed Marina Mandarin Singapore -- an upscale, 575-room business hotel that enjoys an excellent location in the ....

Tourism min. meets with representatives of German tourist companies

Date: 2016-06-22 15:57:43 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:80 - ID:5142009

CAIRO, June 22 (MENA) - Tourism Minister Yehia Rashed has met with representatives of Thomas Cook, FTI, DER Touristik companies. In a statement on Wednesday, the tourism ministry said that Rashed had an interview with Touristik Aktuel magazine. ....

German state secretary: Egypt is important tourist destination for Germans

Date: 2016-06-21 15:04:22 GMT - Germany - Tourism and Archeology - SN:67 - ID:5134637

BERLIN, June 21 (MENA) – German State Secretary at the German Finance Ministry Werner Gatzer said that Egypt is an important tourist destination for Germans. In statements to MENA, Gatzer said that he discussed with visiting Egyptian Tourism ....

Egypt seeks to up German tourists number to 2 mln by 2017 - min

Date: 2016-06-21 10:48:41 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:29 - ID:5133045

CAIRO, June 21 (MENA) - Egypt seeks to up the number of German tourists to 2 million by the end of 2017, Tourism Minister Yehia Rashed said. Rashed started on Tuesday holding several meetings in Berlin within the framework of promoting tourism to ....

Egypt, Germany discuss boosting cooperation, activating tourism

Date: 2016-06-20 16:53:45 GMT - Germany - Tourism and Archeology - SN:66 - ID:5130465

CAIRO, June 20 (MENA) – Tourism Minister Yehia Rashed will discuss here on Tuesday with German State Minister for Finance Werner Gatzer means of boosting Egyptian-German cooperation. He will also tackle supporting and activating German tourism to ....

Egyptian museum in Tahrir to receive Tuesday 2 artefacts retrieved from Israel

Date: 2016-06-20 12:07:29 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:41 - ID:5128385

CAIRO, June 20 (MENA) - The Egyptian Museum in Tahrir will receive Tuesday two artefacts dating back to Pharaonic times, which were retrieved from Israel last week. The artefacts are two sarcophagus covers, one of which is from the period ....

Egypt, Arabia ink cooperation memo in field of antiquities, museums

Date: 2016-06-19 14:48:18 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:63 - ID:5123521

CAIRO, June 19 (MENA) - Minister of Antiquities Khaled Anani left Cairo Sunday heading for Jeddah on a visit to Saudi Arabia to ink a memorandum of cooperation between the Ministry of Antiquities and Saudi Commission for Tourism and National ....