Tourism and Archeology
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Egypt takes part in Vienna international tourist fair
Date: 2016-01-13 19:27:52 GMT - Austria - Tourism and Archeology - SN:143 - ID:4109269
VIENNA, Jan 13 (MENA) – Egypt will take part in the Vienna international tourist fair, the Ferien-Messe Wien 2016. Inaugurating on Thursday, the four-day event is considered an important gathering for tourism and tour operators. Egypt's ....
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PM confers with ministers, top officials on developing pyramids zone
Date: 2016-01-13 16:12:26 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:127 - ID:4108513
CAIRO, Jan 13 (MENA) - Prime Minister Sherif Ismail on Wednesday held a meeting with a number of ministers and top officials to discuss a plan to develop the pyramids area. The ministers of tourism, antiquities, interior, local development, ....
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Antiquities Ministry denies restoring Edfu temple with cement, lime
Date: 2016-01-13 11:56:28 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:59 - ID:4105593
CAIRO, Jan 13 (MENA) – The Antiquities Ministry denied online reports about restoring Aswan's Temple of Edfu, dedicated to the falcon god Horus, with cement and lime. Head of the ministry's antiquities department Mahmoud Afifi said the temple's ....
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Environment min. to open fossil museum Thursday
Date: 2016-01-13 11:09:10 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:41 - ID:4105029
CAIRO, Jan 13 (MENA) – Environment Minister Khaled Fahmy and Fayyoum Governor Wael Makram will open a fossil museum in Fayyoum on Thursday. The opening will be attended by Italian Ambassador to Egypt Maurizio Massari and United Nations Development ....
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Investors expect return of tourism to normal rate in months
Date: 2016-01-12 16:34:16 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:102 - ID:4100473
CAIRO, Jan 12 (MENA) – Board chairman of South Sinai Investors Association and Marsa Alam Investors Association Atef Abdel Latif said that the tourism in Egypt is expected to get back to normal within 6 months. In press statements Tuesday, Abdel ....
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Restored monuments exhibition to be opened on Thursday
Date: 2016-01-12 08:58:21 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:17 - ID:4096701
CAIRO, Jan 12 (MENA) - An exhibition of restored monuments will be opened on Thursday at the Egyptian Museum in Downtown Cairo, the minister of antiquities said. In statements Tuesday, Mamdouh Damaty said the exhibition will showcase 226 ....
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Czech embassy denies upping alert on travelling to Egypt over Hurghada attack
Date: 2016-01-12 08:27:56 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:13 - ID:4096301
CAIRO, Jan 12 (MENA) - The Czech embassy in Cairo denied reports by the Turkish news agency Anadolu alleging that the Czech Foreign Ministry upped security alert concerning travelling to Egypt. In a statement on Tuesday, the embassy said the ....
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Fayyoum governor reviews final preparations for new fossil museum
Date: 2016-01-11 16:36:54 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:66 - ID:4093277
FAYYOUM, Egypt, Jan 11 (MENA) – Fayyoum Governor Wael Makram received Monday Chairman of the Egyptian Environmental Affairs Agency Ahmed Abul Seoud to review the latest preparations for opening a fossil museum. The meeting took up preparations ....
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Egypt guest of honor at tourism forum in Saudi Arabia
Date: 2016-01-11 14:59:48 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:53 - ID:4091937
CAIRO, Jan 11 (MENA) - The first Arab tourism forum will take place in Riyadh on January 15-16 and Egypt will be this year's exhibition's guest of honor. In statements to MENA on Monday, Egyptian tourism expert Sameh Saad said the forum will be ....
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Tourism rate down by 37.8% in Nov.
Date: 2016-01-11 11:40:00 GMT - Egypt - Tourism and Archeology - SN:34 - ID:4090605
CAIRO, Jan 11 (MENA) - The number of tourists visiting Egypt declined in November by about 37.8% as the country received nearly 558,600 tourists against 898,200 in the same month last year, an official annual bulletin said. The tourists came ....