Showing posts with label World Tourism Day. Show all posts
Showing posts with label World Tourism Day. Show all posts

Thursday, March 14, 2013

Egypt: Last Place on Tourism List


Egypt: Last Place on Tourism List
By DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK Published: March 13, 2013

A report on the international travel industry has ranked Egypt the least safe and secure of 140 tourist destinations, putting it behind Pakistan, Yemen and Chad, evidence of the toll that two years of near-constant unrest has taken on the country’s once-lucrative tourist industry.

Saturday, January 28, 2012

minister of tourism press conference

Saturday, November 5, 2011

Egyptian State Tourist Authorityseminar during the World Travel Market London

Egyptian State Tourist Authority
07 Nov 2011  14:30-15:30 Location: South Gallery Room 20

Seminar Details  The Egyptian Tourism Minister, H.E. Mounir Fakhry Abdel Nour, will address the conference. The Minister will present an update on the latest news from Egypt's diverse and thriving tourism sector. Speaker: H.E. Mounir Fakhry Abdel Nour, Minister of Tourism for Egypt. To register your attendance please contact Craig Melson at Media Consulta: c.melson@media-consulta.com

Tuesday, September 27, 2011

World Tourism Day 2011, the theme is : Linking Cultures

 World Tourism Day: Tourism – Linking Cultures: Tuesday, 27 September 2011, Aswan, Egypt

Celebrations around the world: 
World Tourism Day (27 September) is the most widely celebrated global day for tourism. World Tourism Day has been held since 1980 and has been a United Nations “official day” since UNWTO became a UN specialized agency in 2003.
In 2011, World Tourism Day is being celebrated around the theme, Tourism – Linking Cultures, and will highlight tourism’s role in bringing the cultures of the world together and promoting global understanding through travel. The official World Tourism Day celebrations will take place in Aswan, Egypt, and will include a High Level Think Tank on the 2011 theme.

World Tourism Day in aswan


الثلاثاء 27 سبتمبر 2011 - 10:30 ص ا بتوقيت القاهرة  أسوان - أ ش أ

أكد وزير السياحة منير فخرى عبد النور إن السياحة أصبحت واحدة من أهم مكونات الاقتصاد القومى ولها دور مميز فى كافة الاصعدة الاجتماعية  والثقافية والاقتصادية وهى تساهم بقوة فى خلق فرص العمل وتنمية المجتمع وزيادة الدخل والقضاء على البطالة بالاضافة إلى حماية التقاليد والحفاظ على البيئة . وقال فى كلمته فى افتتاح إحتفال منظمة السياحة العالمية بيوم السياحة العالمى اليوم الثلاثاء فى أسوان إن شعار الاحتفال العام الحالى " السياحة .. تربط  الثقافات "يعكس أهمية صناعة السياحة والتى أصبحت واحدة من أهم السبل لتقارب الثقافات وتدعيم وتقوية التفاهم المتبادل والتسامح والاحترام والسلام العالمى .