For the first time, Egypt is offering a multiyear visa and adding more nationalities, including Chinese and Indian, to visa-on-arrival eligibility, according to Egyptian Tourism Minister. A five-year multiple-entry visa will be available for $700, [ More … ]
Starting later September, the Russian ruble will be on the list of currencies used by Egyptian banks and be used by tourism companies and hotels in a bid to boost Russian tourism in Egypt, an [ More … ]
Lufthansa and British Airways canceled flights to Cairo over the weekend, citing security concerns. Although they were reticent with details, the situation in Egypt, and particularly in North Sinai, is indeed unstable. The airlines’ decisions [ More … ]
Two airlines cite unspecified security concerns but give no details about what may have prompted the move. British Airways and Lufthansa have suspended flights to Egypt’s capital, Cairo, over unspecified security concerns, giving no details [ More … ]
At least four people have been killed and another 10 injured after a roadside bomb exploded near a bus carrying Vietnamese tourists close to the pyramids in Giza. Three of the dead were Vietnamese and [ More … ]
The daughter of a British couple who died while on holiday in Egypt claims her parents’ bodies were sent home with missing organs. John Cooper, 69, and his wife Susan, 63 years, died in August [ More … ]
Holidaymakers evacuated from an Egyptian hotel where a British couple mysteriously died said today that dozens fell ill but no-one knows why – as a lawyer said the tragedy ‘smacks of a cover-up.’ British holidaymakers have [ More … ]
It seems that Egypt has lost hope in the revival of tourism in Sharm el-Sheikh. “Egypt has seemingly given up hope that the UK’s flight ban to its popular winter sun destination of Sharm el-Sheikh [ More … ]
The investment would include expanding the Four Seasons resort in Sharm el-Sheikh in the southern Sinai, transforming it into ‘the biggest resort in the world’. Saudi Arabian billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal is set to [ More … ]
About 3.5 million tourists have visited Tunisia up to July, said Minister of Tourism and Handicrafts Selma Elloumi Rekik. Tunisia managed to recover traditional markets, such as France. The lifting by the UK of the [ More … ]
Egypt’s Tourism Minister Yehia Rashed’s policies are the reason why Egypt’s tourism is in a “poor condition”, say tourism officials A number of Egypt’s tourism sector representatives, including Chairman of the Red Sea Tourism Investment [ More … ]
The number of tourists that chose Tunisia as a destination has reached 1 million 235 tourists by end of March. according to Tunisian Tourism Minister Selma Elloumi Rekik. Tourist entries have increased by 33.5% compared to [ More … ]
As Kuwait’s emir pays a two-day visit to Turkey, Ankara’s ambassador to the Gulf country said a number of agreements are expected to be signed by the two states whose relations date back almost 200 [ More … ]
Turkish Ambassador to Iran Riza Hakan Tekin has warned that Iranian “smear campaigns” against Turkey were harming bilateral relations. Speaking to Anadolu Agency, Tekin said tourism provided a means for people to meet, appreciate each [ More … ]
A delegation from Russian Federation Council, the upper house of Russia’s Federal Assembly, headed by Valentina Matviyenko arrived to Cairo on Friday. Egypt’s Al-Sisi met with chairwoman of the Russian Federation Council Valentina Matviyenko on Saturday [ More … ]
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