Category: TOURISM
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Greece hands over group of teracotta statuettes to Egypt
Greece on Wednesday handed over to Egyptian authorities a group of terracotta statuettes believed to come from Egypt that were discovered in an Athens skip eight years ago and handed over to archaeologists at the country’s biggest museum. The Greek Culture Ministry said in a statement that the works were delivered to Egypt’s ambassador in…
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Egypt to launch cruise lines with Greece in latest efforts to revive tourism
The trips will begin with medium-sized cruise ships carrying 700 to 800 passengers between Greece and Egypt, via Port Said and Alexandria. Further on, the ministry plans to begin using larger ships with a passenger capacity of 2,000 to 5,000 passengers by 2019, Mahmoud said. The effort marks the latest attempt by Egyptian authorities to…
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Greece expects tourism record for 2017
On the other side of Greece, in Tolo, a fishing village on the Peloponnese, Dimitris Skalidis is openly euphoric about the prospects for the three hotels that he runs. “We’re in the biggest tourism boom of decades,” he says. “We’re nearly fully booked and are already taking reservations for 2018.” Hotel manager Christos Pilatakis echoes…
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Dahab’s Underwater Museum: a Kiss of Life to the Red Sea Ecosystem
February witnessed the latest addition to the museum: a statue to honor the Egyptian diver and holder of the world record of the deepest dive, Ahmed Gabr. The new statue looks like the Oscar’s statue, which in turn resembles the Ancient Egyptian God Petah. The idea and the execution are of the artist and assistant lecturer…