Category: Egypt travel news
Egypt Travel & Tourism News for visitors. Egypt, a country linking northeast Africa with the Middle East, dates to the time of the pharaohs. Millennia-old monuments sit along the fertile Nile River Valley, including Giza's colossal Pyramids and Great Sphinx as well as Luxor's hieroglyph-lined Karnak Temple and Valley of the Kings tombs. The capital, Cairo, is home to Ottoman landmarks like Muhammad Ali Mosque and the Egyptian Museum, a trove of antiquities.
Egypt wants to have tourism come back, but safely
Juergen T Steinmetz- January 5, 2021In Egypt out of 1,200 hotels, 700 have licenses to operate under current health restrictions due to COVID-19 Read More
Emirates re-opens worldwide lounges beginning with Cairo
Harry S. Johnson- November 26, 2020Emirates is re-opening its lounges around the world beginning with the Emirates lounge in Cairo International Airport. In the coming ... Read More
430,000 tourists visited Egyptian resorts since July
Harry S. Johnson- November 13, 2020Since July 2020, when the tourism industry began to recover, about 430 thousand people have visited Egypt. This year, only ... Read More
New flights from Tel Aviv to Morocco, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, UAE – and growing
Juergen T Steinmetz- September 12, 2020Direct connecting Tel Aviv with airports in the UAE, Morocco, Saudi Arabia, and Bahrain will expand the travel and tourism ... Read More
Economics rule reopening travel to Dubai, Egypt, Lebanon, Qatar, Tunisia despite epidemic?
The Media Line- July 25, 2020Arab countries, particularly those heavily dependent on tourism such as Dubai, Egypt, and Lebanon, are taking different approaches when loosening ... Read More
Qatar Air Blockade Ruling: A victory over UAE, Bahrain, Egypt, and Saudi Arabia
Juergen T Steinmetz- July 14, 2020This is good news not only for Qatar Airways, but for Qatar as a nation. Step by step the arguments ... Read More
Egypt first African Country to get COVID19 vaccine
The Media Line- July 12, 2020The Chinese consul-general in Alexandria, Jiao Li Ying, has confirmed his country’s pledge that Egypt will be among the first ... Read More
Air Arabia Abu Dhabi to launch UAE-Egypt flights on July 14
Harry S. Johnson- July 8, 2020Air Arabia Abu Dhabi will launch direct flights connecting Abu Dhabi with Alexandria and Sohag in Egypt on July 14. ... Read More
Egypt: International flights will fully resume on July 1
Harry S. Johnson- June 17, 2020Egyptian authorities announced that the country wi ll fully resume inbound and outbound international air traffic starting on July 1, ... Read More
Egypt re-opens Sinai Peninsula & Red Sea resorts to foreign tourists on July 1
Harry S. Johnson- June 12, 2020Egyptian authorities announced that July 1, international travelers will be allowed to visit country's popular but more remote sites in ... Read More
Warning: Islamic State Terror Targeting Egypt and Suez Canal
The Media Line- May 10, 2020Analysts say the security situation in Egypt’s North Sinai region is deteriorating following a deadly attack claimed by Islamic State. ... Read More
Tourism and Oil revenue gone : North Africa on the Edge of Collapse
The Media Line- April 26, 2020According to official figures, Morocco has recorded 4,065 COVID-19 infections and 161 deaths from the novel coronavirus; Algeria 3,382 cases ... Read More
COVID-19 to cost Egypt’s tourism $1 billion a month
Chief Assignment Editor- April 13, 2020Tourism generates $12 billion dollars in annual revenue for Egypt. And now, Egypt’s tourism industry is expected to sustain massive ... Read More
African Heroes: Bellydancer, Popstar, Fashion Designer, a Tourism Dream Team, and a Swimmer
George Taylor- April 4, 2020The African Tourism Board has been in the front row while this emerging crisis is unfolding.SKAL, the largest travel industry ... Read More
Egypt closes its airports to all air traffic
Chief Assignment Editor- March 16, 2020Egypt's government announced today that the country will stop all air traffic from Egyptian airports, starting on Thursday, March 19. ... Read More
Air Arabia announces fee waiver due to coronavirus
editor- March 12, 2020Air Arabia is providing its customers with more flexibility by introducing a new modification fee waiver policy in light of ... Read More
Nile Cruise turns into a deadly Coronavirus voyage for a German tourist
Juergen T Steinmetz- March 9, 2020A Sara, a Nile cruise in Egypt has now turned deadly for a 60-year-old German tourist, becoming the first fatality ... Read More
Egypt’s Tourism: Encouraging numbers from Milan BIT travel exhibition
Mario Masciullo - eTN Italy- February 18, 2020Egyptian tourism has demonstrated its best at the last edition of the BIT (Borsa Internazionale del Turismo) travel exhibition in ... Read More
ATM: Gulf tourists will spend $2.36 billion in Egypt in 2020
Chief Assignment Editor- February 3, 2020According to new data published ahead of Arabian Travel Market 2020, visitors from Gulf Cooperation Council countries will spend $2.36 ... Read More
GCC tourism spend in Egypt will increase 11% in 2020
editor- January 28, 2020GCC tourism expects tourists to Egypt will spend $2.36 billion in 2020, an increase of 11% over 2019, with visitors ... Read More
Marriott International brings St. Regis brand to new administrative capital of Egypt
Chief Assignment Editor- January 28, 2020Marriott International, Inc. today announced that it has signed an agreement to open a St. Regis in the New Administrative ... Read More
Marriott International is bringing W Brand to Cairo
Chief Assignment Editor- December 17, 2019Marriott International announced an agreement with New Cairo real estate developer, Landmark Sabbour, to bring the W Brand to Cairo, ... Read More
Russia calls off resumption of Egypt tourist flights due to poor security
Chief Assignment Editor- November 19, 2019Russian aviation authorities announced that Russian Federation has postponed the planned resumption of charter flights to Egypt, as the North ... Read More
AerCap and EGYPTAIR sign lease on 2 additional Boeing 787-9 aircraft
Chief Assignment Editor- November 18, 2019AerCap Holdings N.V. and EGYPTAIR today announced they have executed long-term operating leases for two Boeing 787-9 aircraft. The aircraft ... Read More
Plane with 196 people on board burns in Egypt’s Sharm El Sheikh airport
Chief Assignment Editor- November 10, 2019Packed Boeing 737-800, belonging to Ukrainian budget SkyUp Airlines, with 196 people on board, had some trouble while landing in ... Read More
New EasyJet connection to Egypt takes off from Naples to Hurghada
Mario Masciullo - eTN Italy- November 4, 2019The easyJet airline has kicked off a new connection to Egypt that flies from Naples, Italy, to Hurghada in the ... Read More
King Tut’s exhibition in London: 285K tickets sold before official opening
Chief Assignment Editor- November 2, 2019Egypt's Ministry of Antiquities announced that 285,000 tickets for King Tutankhamun exhibition in London were sold before the event’s official ... Read More
Egypt Tourism to sponsor visitor registration at WTM London 2019
Chief Assignment Editor- October 29, 2019Egypt Tourism Authority has been confirmed as the sponsor for visitor registration at this year’s WTM London – the leading ... Read More
Flights from Moscow to Sharm al Sheikh? When and how are they resuming?
Chief Assignment Editor- October 21, 2019Russian President Putin and Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, President of Egypt discuss flights non stop from Moscow, Saint Petersburg, Kazan, Ufa ... Read More
Middle East’s largest subway station inaugurated in Cairo, Egypt
Chief Assignment Editor- October 21, 2019The largest subway station in the Middle East and North Africa was inaugurated in Egypt's capital Cairo on Sunday. According ... Read More
Egypt’s tourism authorities ban fish feeding during diving tours
Chief Assignment Editor- October 5, 2019Egyptian tourism authorities announced that foreign tourists will be instructed not to feed fish during diving tours. Egypt's tourists will ... Read More
Best spending tourists to Egypt are Germans and Spanish visitors
eTN Managing Editor- October 2, 2019Egypt was most popular with Spanish and German tourists followed by the non-traditional markets like India, Japan, and China. Egypt ... Read More
First Airbus A220-300 aircraft delivered to EgyptAir
Chief Assignment Editor- September 6, 2019EgyptAir has taken delivery of its first of 12 Airbus A220-300 aircraft on order, becoming the first A220 operator based ... Read More
Hisham Zaazou now part of African Tourism Board: Egypt connection
editor- August 29, 2019The African Tourism Board (ATB) announced today that Mr. Hisham Zaazou has joined its Pan-African organization and will serve as ... Read More
EgyptAir’s first Airbus A220-300 takes flight
Chief Assignment Editor- August 23, 2019The first Airbus A220-300 for EgyptAir has successfully completed its inaugural test flight from the Mirabel assembly line. The first ... Read More
A220-300 ready for Star Alliance Airline Egypt Air
Juergen T Steinmetz- August 23, 2019The first A220-300 for EgyptAir, a member of Star Alliance has successfully completed its inaugural test flight from the Mirabel ... Read More
