Tourism Minister Rania El-Mashat will attend the show from 7 to 11 March, along with 100 Egyptian participants in a large Egypt booth

The festival will focus on Alexandria's sunken ruins dating back to the Pharoanic and Roman periods

The Italian confessed to assaulting the hotel manager after an argument between them

Germany's VIR credited the increase to a 'calmer situation [in Egypt] and good value for money'

The new visa will be available for tourists from countries whose citizens require a pre-approved visa to travel to Egypt

Sources said the measures would apply to non-Arab nationals who were travelling with Arab employers under the employer-sponsorship system, primarily used for domestic workers

German tourists were top of the list of visitors to Egypt during the first three months of the year

Following the crash of a Russian airliner in October 2015, tourist numbers have significantly declined in Egypt, with an almost 50% drop in revenues in 2016 compared to the previous year

A decision by Brussels in May to lift a flight ban of Sharm El-Sheikh has paved the way for the airliner to return, the latest of European airlines