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Business
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Economy
7/4/2024 4:56:30 PM
Each of the new cabinet's ministers of tourism, petroleum and mineral resources, and civil aviation has priorities and challenges to address for raising Egypt's real GDP growth amid the ongoing global and regional tensions.
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Egypt
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Tourism
7/2/2024 2:07:00 PM
Egypt’s hotel establishments in key tourist destinations achieved a Global Review Index (GRI) of 85.1 percent for the first quarter of 2024 in hotel services quality, showing an improvement compared to the same period of 2023, according to the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities.
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Egypt
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Tourism
7/1/2024 8:39:26 PM
Egypt attracted a record-breaking 7.069 million tourists between January and June 2024, compared to 7.062 million tourists in the same period last year, the country’s Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities revealed in a statement on Monday.
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Egypt
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Courts & Law
6/28/2024 2:10:00 PM
The Public Prosecution launched an urgent investigation Thursday into violations committed by several tourism companies that organized the travelling of Pilgrims to Saudi Arabia to perform the Hajj this year.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Egypt
6/25/2024 9:25:24 PM
This year’s Hajj season has been marred by tragedy with hundreds of pilgrims reportedly losing their lives following extremely high temperatures.
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Egypt
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Courts & Law
6/22/2024 4:37:48 PM
Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly ordered on Saturday the revocation of licenses for 16 tourism companies involved in making illegal pilgrimage arrangements for Egyptian Hajj hopefuls over the death of hundreds of Egyptian pilgrims during the 2024 Hajj season.
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Egypt
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Society
6/19/2024 12:12:00 PM
Egypt’s Tourism Hajj Mission reported on Tuesday that it has managed to locate 142 Egyptian pilgrims who had gone missing while performing Hajj in Saudi Arabia and returned them to their residences.
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Egypt
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Health
6/17/2024 4:28:46 PM
At least eight Egyptian tourist pilgrims have passed away during their Hajj pilgrimage at the holy sites of Mina and Arafat, Egypt’s Tourism Hajj Mission said on Monday.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
6/13/2024 5:12:58 PM
The last tourism Hajj flight arrived early on Wednesday, carrying 102 Egyptian pilgrims to perform the Hajj rituals during the current season which starts Thursday.
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Arts & Culture
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Screens
6/13/2024 4:21:43 PM
The iconic UGC Normandie cinema on the Champs-Elysees in Paris closed its doors Thursday after 90 years -- with critics seeing another sign of tourism and fashion sucking the life from one of the world's most famous shopping boulevards.
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Business
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Economy
6/12/2024 12:54:08 PM
The World Bank maintained its projections for Egypt’s real GDP growth in both 2024 and 2025 at 2.8 percent and 4.2 percent, respectively, compared to the last projections released in April, according to the Global Economic Prospects report released on Tuesday.
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Business
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Economy
6/11/2024 2:22:36 PM
The repurposing project of the iconic Tahrir Complex building (or Mogamma El-Tahrir) in Down Town is anticipated to conclude in 2024 after 31 months of work, according to Board Member of the National Organization of Urban Harmony (NOUH) Soheir Hawas.
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Egypt
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Tourism
6/10/2024 8:11:34 PM
Minister of Tourism and Antiquities Ahmed Issa discussed on Monday the situation of tourists currently in Egypt with the German and Austrian ambassadors after German travel and tourism company FTI Group declared bankruptcy.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Opinion
6/4/2024 6:25:45 PM
I follow the news of tourism in Egypt closely. Firstly, tourism is the country’s engine of growth, as the late Mamdouh Al-Beltagui put it.
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Egypt
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Tourism
6/1/2024 1:55:51 PM
The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has officially announced Cairo the Capital of Tourism for its member states in 2026.
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Egypt
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Tourism
5/28/2024 4:09:03 PM
The UN conference connected leaders in Muscat to boost tourism investment in Middle East, exploring innovative strategies and investment opportunities
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Egypt
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Tourism
5/13/2024 1:59:18 PM
EgyptAir, the national flag carrier, has begun issuing flight tickets for the 2024 Hajj season, which will be available until 10 June via three offices located in Greater Cairo.
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Business
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Economy
5/7/2024 5:25:15 PM
Revenues from Egypt’s tourism sector and Suez Canal in the current FY2023/2024, which ends on 30 June, and the upcoming FY2024/2025 could shrink by up to $13.7 billion the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) said in a new study.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
5/1/2024 9:13:57 AM
Denis Bečirović, chairman of the presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina, said during an interview with Maged Mounier, the editor-in-chief of Al-Ahram, that he hopes to rekindle his country’s traditionally strong relations with Egypt by encouraging economic and cultural cooperation, including investment, tourism, and academic exchanges.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Heritage
4/30/2024 9:16:28 PM
Egypt’s Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities has launched a virtual tour of the Wadi Al-Natroun settlement
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