Dubai Holding launches $1.7bn family tourism destination

Dubai Holding has launched Marsa Al Arab، a mega-project spread over a 4 million sq ft area comprising two islands on both sides of Burj Al Arab Jumeirah to be developed at a cost of Dh6.3 billion ...

4،647 tourists visit Luxor temples، archaeological sites

Luxor’s temples and archaeological sites received 4،647 tourists from different nationalities during the past 24 hours. They were on visits to the Western Bank in the governorate، Director General of ...

Istanbul festival spotlights Turkic sports and culture

Anadolu agency A festival spotlighting Turkic sports and cultures from legendary ages past began in Istanbul on Thursday. The second annual Ethnosports Culture Festival، sponsored by Anadolu Agency، ...

Antiquities Minister announces details on Touna al-Jabal tomb discovery

Minister of Antiquities، Khaled El-Enany announces in a press conference on Thursday the details of a new archeological discovery made by Cairo University’s Egyptian Antiquities delegation in Tuna ...

Disneyland leads new list of most Instagrammed travel destinations

The happiest place on earth is also the most Instagram-worthy، according to a new index that claims to rank the most Instagrammed tourist destinations around the world، Jakarta Post reported. Not ...

Egypt’s AIR CAIRO starts flights from Armenia to Egypt

Egypt’s AIR CAIRO Air Company is preparing to operate regular flights from Hurghada and Sharm El Sheikh to Armenia and back، Hripsime Stambulyan، head of Anrivatour، AIR CAIRO official representative ...

Museum of Civilization to host International Museum Day ceremony on May 16

National Museum of Egyptian Civilization (NMEC) supervisor-general، Mahrous Said announced that the museum will host from 16 to18 May the celebration of the Egyptian Committee of International ...

Archeologists unearth burial chamber in pyramid from 13th dynasty in Sakkara

An Egyptian archeological mission of the Ministry of Antiquities led by Adel Oukasha، Director of Dahshour Antiquities، succeeded in unearthing the royal burial chamber in a pyramid dates to the 13 ...

Egypt recovers 45 stolen ancient artifacts from France

Egypt authorities recovered 45 ancient Egyptian artifacts from France on Tuesday، among them a plaque depicting the goddess Sekhmet estimated to be approximately 2،400 years old. Most of the other ...

Japanese archaeologists use lasers to map out Egyptian pyramids

Japanese researchers have gone high-tech in an effort to unravel the mysteries behind the construction of Egypt’s pyramids، mapping out the gigantic structures using advanced laser scanners، Japan ...

Tourism Minister leaves for Italy for tourist promotion

Tourism Minister Yahia Rashed left Tuesday for Italy on a European tour، including a visit to the Vatican and Spain for several days to promote religious tourism through the holy familys trip to ...

Egypt eyes Nile cruising for tourism recovery

By almost every measure، Egypt’s tourism industry is ailing. The number of arrivals was cut nearly in half between 2015 and 2016. Recent terrorist attacks on the country’s Coptic churches، some of ...

Experts meet in Egypt over moving King Tut artifacts

Archaeologists and conservation experts met in Cairo on Sunday to discuss the safe transportation of King Tutankhamuns throne، chests and bed from the Egyptian Museum in central Cairo to a new one ...

3rd annual Tutankhamen conference kicks off

Under the theme، "Tutankhamen: Human Remains and Furniture،" the third annual conference on the boy king kicked off this morning at the Ministry of Antiquities. The conference is organized by the ...

King Tutankhamun 3rd annual conference launches today

A short while ago، King Tutankhamun 3rd annual conference has been launched، under the auspices of Antiquities Minister، Khaled El-Enany. The conference will last for three days highlighting a number ...

GCC ambassadors encourages tourism in Egypt after ‘airport allegations’

The ambassadors of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries in Cairo released a joint statement on Friday encouraging tourists from all over the world to visit Egypt. The statement came in ...

Ancient Egyptian mummy found in Ukraine

A mummy from Ancient Egypt has been discovered at the Kyiv Pechersk historic and cultural reserve، according to Ukrainian Kyiv Post. The discovery was made during a revision of the reserve’s ...

Pictures - Archaeologists unearth 3,500-year-old mummy near Luxor

The History - Egyptian archaeologists working near the ancient city of Thebes (modern-day Luxor) have made a stunning discovery. A tomb located near the Draa Abul Nagaa necropolis containing eight ...

2018 set to be exciting year for Indonesian tourism

Bali has been appointed to host the 2018 Annual Meeting of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank slated for Oct. 8-14. For this event، the island expects to welcome 15،000 ...

MP says tourism revenues should be $ 100 bn

MP Mohammad Abdo، member of the Committee of Tourism and Civil Aviation of the Parliament said he aspires to raise income from tourism to $ 100 billion annually. “We need the efforts of the state to ...

Cabinet approves antiquities protection draft law, tightened penalties

Cabinet approved on Wednesday a draft law amending some provisions regarding the Antiquities Protection Law No. 117 of 1983، which will boost antiquities protection، in addition to intensifying ...

Cuban Toursim heavily relies on Canada and USA

Cuban tourism authorities announced record number of tourists for the last year. The country welcomed more than 4 million visitors most of them coming from the North America، Tourism Review website ...

Dahab receives 1837 tourists

The city of Dahab received Monday 1837 tourists of various nationalities، over the past 24 hours. The tourists went to dive at Blue Hole and Lagoona، as well as visiting Blue Lagoon nature ...

St. Catherine receives 209 tourists

Head of St. Catherine city Sayed Abdel Sadek said Monday in a statement to reporters that the city of St. Catherine received 209 tourists of various nationalities، including 96 Indian tourists، ...

583 tourists of different nationalities arrive at Hurghada Port

Spokesman for Red Sea Ports Authority Malak Youssef announced Monday that ‘Artania’ cruise ship، carrying 583 tourists of different nationalities on board has docked at the Port of Hurghada. All ...

Zahi Hawass invites Tom cruise to open up “The mummy” film in Egypt

World-renowned Archaeologist Zahi Hawass stated during a television interview on Sunday that he had invited American actor and producer، Tom Cruise to open up “The Mummy " in Egypt، which will hit ...

I will convey Egypt's beautiful image to the world: EU envoy

St. Catherine receives 593 tourists

Head of St. Catherine city Sayed Abdel Sadek said Sunday in a statement to reporters that the city of St. Catherine received 593 tourists of various nationalities، including 544 foreigners and 49 ...

Turkey’s tourism revenue declines 17% in first quarter

Turkey’s tourism revenue regressed to $3.4 billion in the first quarter of the year with a 17.1 percent of year-on-year decrease، amid continuous decline in the number of foreign arrivals، data from ...