Egypt Tourism

Ramses exhibition serves as valuable tool to promote Egyptian tourism: Cultural Tourism Marketing Committee

The Cultural Tourism Marketing Committee at the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities stated that the “Ramses and the Gold of the Pharaohs” exhibition has served as a valuable tool to promote Egypt as a viable tourist destination to distant markets, such as Australia. The exhibition started on November 16 in Sydney, Australia. It showcases 182 …

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Egypt Independent November 29, 2023

Egypt grants tourists arriving on yachts a stay of 3 months

The Ministry of Interior has issued directives to grant foreign tourists arriving to Egypt on board foreign tourist yachts a tourist residence for three months instead of just one. The government also indicated in its Tuesday statement that the Foreign Ministry ordered all Egyptian embassies and consulates abroad to implement the decision. The Transport Ministry …

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Egypt Independent July 26, 2023

Egypt is one of the best tourist destinations to travel to in 2023: Travel and Leisure

Under the title “The 50 Best Places to Travel in 2023”, the Travel and Leisure tourism website prepared a list that includes destinations. According to the criteria and categories set by the website including cultural riches, foods, landscapes, beaches, and others, Egypt has topped a list of other destinations and was among the best cultural …

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Egypt Independent November 25, 2022

Egypt second most popular foreign destination for Russian tourists

Egypt ranked the second most popular foreign destination for Russian tourists with 345,700 trips, and the UAE third with 345,400 trips. Turkey ranked as the most popular foreign destination for Russian tourists who have more than a million trips there, an increase of about 200,000 trips compared same period of 2021. Following February 24, many …

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Egypt Independent August 4, 2022

TripAdvisor lists hot air balloon trips in Luxor among best tourist activities in 2022

TripAdvisor listed hot air balloon trips in Luxor among the best tourist activities in the world for 2022. The website published a list of the most important recreational experiences recommended for travelers to try in 2022, based on the quality and reviews of travelers over the past year. It ranked the best experiences and adventures, …

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Egypt Independent July 28, 2022

Infographic-Egypt is the 3rd best location for solo travel tours: SportsCover Direct

SportsCover Direct has ranked Egypt as the third-best country for solo travel tours for women, based on research data collected from a wide variety of women travelers. India and Italy rank first and second, with 3,047 and 1,125 tours respectively. Egypt at third place offers 1,040 solo tours, with its most popular being the “Nile …

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Egypt Independent June 29, 2022

Suez Canal offers transit fee discount for tourist ships

The Suez Canal Authority has amended the incentives provided to passenger ships and tourist ships (with passengers only) that visit Egyptian ports on the Mediterranean and Red Seas, the privately-owned al-Mal newspaper reported on Friday. The authority confirmed that a reduction of up to 50 percent of the normal transit fees for both outbound and …

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Egypt Independent June 19, 2022

A big increase in Spanish reservations to Egypt in July and August compared to 2019

Although the Spanish travel market for the upcoming summer season is down by 25 percent from 2019, bookings to Egypt are however much higher than pre-pandemic levels, according the Spanish Confederation of Travel Agents (CEAV) in cooperation with figures provided by ForwardKeys: a tourism intelligence company that provides data travel in this market. The …

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Egypt Independent June 6, 2022

‘Lonely Planet’ website recommends seven beaches in Egypt

Under the title “7 of the best beaches in Egypt: from the Med to the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba,” the famous Australian website Lonely Planet highlighted seven beaches in Egypt for tourists. The report stated that in addition to the unique archaeological destinations in Egypt from the the Great Pyramids of Giza …

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Egypt Independent May 21, 2022

Egypt in the top 5 destinations for Russian travelers in summer

Marketing Director of the Russian tour booking service, Travelata.ru Oleg Kozyrev said that Egypt is among the top five tourist destinations for Russian tourists during the summer of 2022. He explained that Egypt occupies the fourth place and received 4 percent of Russian tourists, and the average cost of the trip was 138,000 rubles. Kozyrev …

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Egypt Independent May 19, 2022