The Anex Group arranged a workshop for approximately 750 tourism businesses from the Baltic region, which includes Poland, Ukraine, Latvia, Estonia, and Lithuania. The Egyptian General Authority for Tourism Promotion took part in the event mainly to attract more visitors and increase the number of tourists visiting the Egyptian market from these markets. Over ...

According to the Egyptian Tourism Federation (ETF), Saudi Arabia will allow Egyptian women aged 25 and above to register for Hajj without a male guardian, provided they reach the age of 25 by March 2024. Previously, this rule was only applicable to women aged 45 and above. However, in 2022, the Saudi Ministry of Hajj and Umrah amended the regulation, allowing wo ...

American actress AnnaLynne McCord was in Egypt from October 30 to November 11 and visited many tourist sites from Alexandria in the north to Aswan’s Abu Simbel. “I invite all people to visit Egypt. It is safe. I toured many cities from the north of the country to the south; I just found love and safety from all of the people,” she said.

The Saudi Coffee Expert training program — an initiative of the Ministry of Culture and the Culinary Arts Commission — is currently underway across Saudi Arabia. The first two week-long sessions of the training program were held in Jeddah from Oct. 29-Nov. 2 and Riyadh from Nov. 5-9. Two more sessions will be held in Riyadh over the next fortnight and the final session will be he ...

Last Friday, November 10, Egypt was granted the Best Tourist Destination for 2023 award, an award from the British “Lonely Planet” magazine, naming Egypt the top tourist destination for 2023. The WTM2023 event took place in the British capital, London, from November 6 to 8. The ministry received the award while participating in the 44th World Travel Market London (W ...

The Faculty of Business at UPEI Cairo Campus, hosted by the Universities of Canada in Egypt (UCE), welcomed the Egyptian Senator, Ms. Hayam Beniamin, to deliver a captivating talk on “Tourism Impact on the Egyptian Economy” to the senior business students. This event exemplified UPEI Cairo Campus’ unwavering commitment to providing all its students wi ...

Egypt is forecasted to receive tourist inflows of 15 million by the end of 2023, according to JLL’s Cairo Real Estate Market Overview Report for the third quarter (Q3) of 2023. Hotel occupancy levels in Cairo witnessed a 68% surge in August 2023, compared to 61% over a respective period, the report read. “This surge in tourism, combined with the roll-out ...

Egypt celebrated World Tourism Day last week by sharing the VISIT-Esna project as a successful model of Value Investment in Sustainable Integrated Tourism (VISIT). The project is implemented by Takween Integrated Community Development company in partnership with the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities (MoTA) with the support of the United States Agency ...

The Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities participated in the Twenty-Second Conference on Egyptology and Papyrology in Italy, organized by the International Papyrology Institute and the Italian Institute of Egyptian Civilization in Syracuse, from September 27 to October 3. The Head of the Museums Sector at the Supreme Council of Antiquities, Moamen Othman, said th ...

Marsa Alam International Airport, south of the Red Sea, is set to receive 135 tourist flights coming from European airports carrying about 27,000 foreign tourists of different nationalities starting Saturday until the end of the week, according to the flight operating schedule announced at the airport, according to the “Egypt independent” website. The flight ...