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Egypt
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Politics
5/24/2023 9:54:54 PM
The House of Representative’s Budget Committee approved on Wednesday proposed amendments to the Resource Development Law 147/1984, stipulating new departure fee from the country, with a reduced one for certain tourists and exemptions for the diplomatic corps.
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Egypt
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Tourism
5/22/2023 5:32:31 PM
Fifty-five hot air balloons, carrying 1,500 tourists from various countries, adorned the sky over Luxor on Monday, said Head of the Egyptian Federation of Hot Air Ballooning Companies in Luxor Ahmed Aboud.
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Egypt
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Tourism
5/2/2023 3:04:53 PM
After a two-day halt due to wind conditions, 60 vibrantly coloured hot air balloons returned to Luxor's skies on Tuesday, giving the 1,600 tourists from around the world a breathtaking view of the city's famous landmarks and picturesque landscapes.
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Egypt
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Tourism
5/1/2023 6:59:35 PM
Hurghada Airport welcomed the first flight of Estonian Marabou Airlines on Monday, bringing 173 tourists from Hamburg Airport in Germany.
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Egypt
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Defence
4/27/2023 9:44:42 PM
The Egyptian Naval Forces rescued 27 tourists of different nationalities and 11 Egyptian crew and divers after evacuating them from a tourist boat which capsized in the vicinity of the Red Sea Naval Base, according to a statement released by the Egyptian Armed Forces on Thursday.
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World
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Region
4/11/2023 8:39:18 PM
Jewish visitors and non-Muslim tourists will be prevented from entering al-Aqsa Mosque compound till the end of the holy month of Ramadan, the office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced in a statement on Tuesday
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World
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International
4/9/2023 1:17:06 PM
Pope Francis opened a celebration of Mass on Easter Sunday joined by dozens of prelates and tens of thousands of pilgrims and tourists in St. Peter’s Square, where spring flowers made the vast space bright. made bright by spring flowers.
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Egypt
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Tourism
4/5/2023 11:01:16 PM
Minister of Tourism and Antiquities Ahmed Issa discussed on Tuesday with Chinese officials plans to increase direct air flights between the two countries, amid plans to receive more tourists from China in coming years.
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Egypt
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Tourism
4/2/2023 4:04:26 PM
China's Minister of Culture and Tourism Hu Heping expressed Beijing keenness to enhance cooperation with Egypt in tourism and other fields, as he started an official visit to Cairo, his first outside the country since the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic.
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Egypt
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Tourism
3/16/2023 1:19:30 PM
Egypt received 11.7 million tourists in 2022, up from eight million in 2021, marking a 46.2 percent increase, said Minister of Tourism and Antiquities Ahmed Issa on Wednesday.
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World
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International
3/14/2023 1:10:58 PM
China will reopen its borders to tourists and resume issuing all visas Wednesday as it tries to revive tourism and its economy following a three-year halt during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Egypt
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Tourism
2/8/2023 6:25:40 PM
The civil aviation authorities cancelled on Wednesday 50 hot-air balloon rides that were scheduled to carry 700 tourists of various nationalities in Luxor over bad weather.
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Egypt
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Tourism
1/23/2023 1:28:31 PM
"We all hope to double this figure to reach 25-30 million by the year 2028," Minister of Tourism Ahmed Issa said, indicating that "the government is currently giving a lot of incentives to the private sector to double tourist traffic coming to Egypt."
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World
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International
1/21/2023 10:36:27 PM
Peru has closed its famed tourist site Machu Picchu amid anti-government protests, its Ministry of Culture said Saturday, with hundreds of tourists having been left stranded near the Inca citadel amid deadly unrest.
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Egypt
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Tourism
1/20/2023 5:26:10 PM
Egypt’s Cairo International Airport received on Friday the first flight carrying a group of Chinese tourists since the outbreak of COVID-19.
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Egypt
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Tourism
12/26/2022 5:46:24 PM
Tourists in Egypt will be able pay for their train tickets in US dollars or euros starting January 2023, said Minister of Transport Kamel El-Wazir in remarks made to satellite TV Channel MBC Masr on Saturday.
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World
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Region
12/15/2022 7:46:09 PM
Business is bouncing back in Bethlehem after two years in the doldrums during the coronavirus pandemic, lifting spirits in the traditional birthplace of Jesus ahead of the Christmas holiday.
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Egypt
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Urban & Transport
12/1/2022 2:59:16 PM
A tourist bus collided with a truck on a highway in southern Egypt on Thursday morning, killing at least two people, a tourist from China and one from Italy, and injuring five others, including two Egyptians and three foreigners.
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Egypt
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Tourism
11/17/2022 1:17:48 PM
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Antiquities
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Ancient Egypt
10/22/2022 3:15:00 PM
Around 4,000 foreign tourists, Arab and Egyptian visitors gathered on Saturday at sundown at the King Ramses II temple in Abu Simbel in Aswan to watch the sun alignment, an astronomical phenomenon that takes place biannualy – on the 22nd of October and 22nd of February.
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