Tag: Egypt
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World Travel Market: Tourism in Egypt, Greece, Turkey ‘Getting Back on Track’
“After a difficult couple of years, the signs are that Egypt, Greece and Turkey are back on the agenda, while Tunisia is starting to turn the corner,” said Simon Press, the Senior Director of World Travel Market. “The WTM Industry Report talks to people who have the power to sign deals and the high proportion of…
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Egypt Tourism ‘Will Recover,’ Return to Pre-2011 Levels Next Year: World Travel Council Official
According to privately-owned El-Watan newspaper, Scowsill praised the newly imposed security measures at Egypt’s airports and said he would report what he has witnessed in that regard to British travel agencies. The chairman also said he will visit the Red Sea resort town of Sharm El Sheikh soon to encourage the resumption of flights. Earlier…
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Two new pharaonic cemeteries discovered in Aswan
Nasr Salama, head of the ministry’s department for Aswan and Nubia antiquities, said the two cemeteries were badly preserved, with no inscriptions were found on the walls. However, the remains of tombs and mummies were found inside. Salama said that stairs were discovered that lead to a small, square burial chamber. The discovery was made…
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Egypt’s Grand Museum, National Museum of Egyptian Civilization to have separate management
Minister of Antiquities Khaled El-Enany said the decree states that every authority would have its own board of trustees composed of a group of Egyptian and prominent international public figures with experience in the field. Every board would draft the museum’s general policies, setting up a work programme and managing the museum’s budget through studying the…