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Business
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Economy
1/5/2012 4:39:35 PM
Country's foreign currency reserves fall to $18bn at year's end, down from $36bn exactly one year ago
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Business
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Economy
1/2/2012 4:50:42 PM
Economy still below full-year target following a slowdown in its key mining and tourism sectors, says planning authority
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Business
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Economy
1/2/2012 12:27:34 PM
Cradle of the Arab uprisings announces a 7.5 per cent annual rise in state spending and predicts solid economic expansion in the coming year
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Business
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Economy
1/1/2012 3:17:56 PM
Egypt saw 576 newly founded companies in December, compared to 421 in the previous month; most of the new companies are in the service sector
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Business
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Economy
12/30/2011 4:57:48 PM
Egyptian Minister of Tourism announces the official figures for the tourism sector including revenues, numbers of tourists, and tourist nights
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Business
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Economy
12/30/2011 12:17:13 PM
Mounir Fakhry Abdel Nour, minister of tourism, expects tourism revenues to jump by more than a third if the country's security situation improves one year into the revolution that toppled Hosni Mubarak
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World
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International
12/30/2011 11:10:38 AM
North Korea declares the reopening of tourism by January 10 after the death of leader Kim Jong-II, asserting no policy change towards the neighboring South Korea for 'rubbing salt' into the wounds of its grieving people
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Business
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Economy
12/28/2011 3:48:12 PM
Tourism advocates lodge formal complaint against previously-unheard-of 'Committee to Promote Virtue and Prevent Vice'
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Business
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Economy
12/28/2011 11:35:09 AM
The Muslim Brotherhood's party wants to boost tourist numbers to Egypt and will not take steps that would harm the industry, a party official told a rally in the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh
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Business
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Economy
12/27/2011 4:45:30 PM
In the wake of soaring prices on the black market and mounting criticism from the Egypt Free Shops Company and the tourism ministry, the decision to restrict alcohol and cigarette purchases is withdrawn
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Egypt
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Politics
12/27/2011 12:54:20 PM
Essam El-Erian emphasises that the tourism industry will not suffer under Islamists and that they will seek to encourage tourism
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Business
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Economy
12/26/2011 1:13:06 PM
The drop in the growth rate is driven by contraction of tourism, construction and manufacturing industries while domestic consumption prevented the economy from shrinking
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Business
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Economy
12/21/2011 12:51:54 PM
Unrest takes its toll on tourism to Egypt, dropping 24 per cent during Q3 of 2011, especially from Western Europeans
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Business
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Economy
12/20/2011 8:39:29 PM
Egypt's current account deficit widened to $2.2 billion in the July-September quarter from a deficit of $1.31 billion a year earlier, the central bank said on Tuesday
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Business
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Economy
12/15/2011 12:41:48 PM
Egypt's major Salafists advocate a liberal economy with provisions made for social justice. But a lack of policy details raises the question of exactly how the country will find the resources to implement these plans
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Business
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Economy
12/13/2011 3:31:15 PM
Official suggests overall tourist revenues for the year may be slightly less than the $9.5 billion predicted by minister at the weekend
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Egypt
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Politics
12/13/2011 12:59:00 PM
Unlike Muslim Brotherhood, Nour Party promises blanket-ban on alcohol and beach tourism in event it takes power following polls
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Egypt
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Politics
12/13/2011 12:56:47 PM
Sheikh Mahmoud Ashour condemns statements made by religious figures on future of Egypt's tourism industry as 'ignorant and lacking responsibility'
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Egypt
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Politics
12/12/2011 8:18:24 PM
Nour Party chief gives Salafist perspective on ‘secular’ vs. ‘civic’ state; political reform; international relations; future of tourism; and women’s rights
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Business
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Economy
12/10/2011 2:05:00 PM
Employees in the hospitality industry voice concerns over the future of tourism in Egypt after Islamists take a clear lead in the first round of parliamentary elections; minister of tourism slams Islamists' shortsightedness
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