Egypt witnessed a significant increase in numbers of Arab tourists visiting the country, in line with the ministry’s efforts to encourage Arab tourism, Tourism Minister Rania al-Mashat said. During a meeting on Thursday with Dina al-Zaher, director...اقرأ المزيد
Egypt’s revenues in the tourism sector jumped 83.3% in the first quarter (Q1) of the 2018 fiscal year, reaching $2.2 billion, a senior anonymous official source told Reuters. The source said that the number of tourists who visited Egypt in Q1 increased...اقرأ المزيد
Egypt will be offering international investors the opportunity to develop sustainable cities along the Red Sea and its Mediterranean coasts, Tourism Minister Rania Al-Mashat told Bloomberg in an interview this week. “We are trying to develop Egypt as...اقرأ المزيد
Ministry of Transportation has began studying the construction of a railway connecting the Red Sea and Mediterranean. The route of the railway road is expected to start from Alexandria port to Demyetta, as well as creating a station for general goods...اقرأ المزيد
Minister of Tourism Rania Al-Mashat announced that the number of tourists visiting Egypt has jumped by 30 percent during the first quarter of 2018 compared to last year. The announcement came during a press conference on the sidelines of the Arabian Travel...اقرأ المزيد
Egypt’s Minister of Tourism Rania Al Mashat said that his ministry is working hard to attract Kuwaiti tourism in the coming period by offering interesting and satisfying travel programs. During a meeting between Al Mashat along with Yousuf Al Amiri,...اقرأ المزيد
Tourism Minister Rania Al-Mashat announced in a press release on Friday that Egypt, Cyprus and Greece have agreed to study the possibility to develop a joint tourism cruise between the three countries in an effort to increase touristic exchange between...اقرأ المزيد
Egyptian Tourism Minister Rania al-Mashat said on Monday that the tourism sector is beginning to recover, pointing to the significant increase in tourists entering Egypt in 2017. Mashat made the remarks during a meeting with a media delegation representing...اقرأ المزيد
Minister of Tourism Rania al-Mashat announced on Monday that an investigation will be opened into a food poisoning incident during a Nile cruise in Luxor. Luxor Governor Mohamad Badr ordered the shutdown of the floating hotel where the incident occurred...اقرأ المزيد
Prime Minister Sherif Ismail’s latest cabinet changes took a step towards female empowerment, with two of the four newly-appointed ministers being women, with the standout appointment being Rania al-Mashat, Egypt’s new Minister of Tourism. Mashat...اقرأ المزيد