Ministry of Tourism (Egypt)

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Arab Republic of Egypt
Ministry of Tourism
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Jurisdiction Government of Egypt
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  • Ahmed Issa, Minister
Website egypt.travel

The Ministry of Tourism of Egypt was a part of the Cabinet of Egypt and was responsible for tourism in Egypt. On 14 January 2018, Rania Al-Mashat was appointed Minister of Tourism until December 2019. The Ministry of Tourism then merged with the Ministry of Antiquities with The Minister of Antiquities, Khaled al-Anani becoming the minister of the merged ministry: Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities.

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The actual minister of Tourism and Antiquities is Ahmed Issa, from 13 August 2022.

History

Tourism is one of the most important sectors in Egypt's economy. More than 12.8 million tourists visited Egypt in 2008, providing revenues of nearly $11 billion. In 2009, the sector employed about 12 percent of Egypt's workforce. [1]

In 2016, the minister of tourism expressed his concern and optimism about tourists returning to Egypt, despite the downing of a Russian flight in 2015. The minister has said "we are all in this together," referring to terrorism that hurts a country's tourism industry. [2] [3] [4]

In 2018, the UAE Minister of Happiness met with the Egyptian Minister of Tourism to discuss the philosophy of making tourists happy. [5]

In May 2018, the last chariot belonging to King Tut was escorted with a parade to the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM). It is hoped that the investment in this new museum will stimulate more tourism to Egypt. [6]

Tourism promotion

Before 2018, the promotion campaign was called This is Egypt. [7] [8] In September 2018, Egypt went with a local advertising company called Synergy Advertising for their tourism promotion. [9]

Ministers

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References

  1. ↑ Dziadosz, Alexander (20 October 2009). "Egypt tourism numbers to fall less than feared". Reuters Africa. Archived from the original on 29 October 2009. Retrieved 20 August 2012.
  2. ↑ Georgy, Michael (10 September 2016). "Egypt has high hopes for tourism despite grim statistics, setbacks". Reuters.
  3. ↑ "Arabian Hotel Investment Conference". AHIC. 29 June 2016.
  4. ↑ "Breaking Travel News interview: Mohamed Yehia Rashed, minister of tourism, Republic of Egypt". Breaking Travel News. 6 May 2016.
  5. ↑ "Egypt Tourism Minister welcomes cooperation with UAE Happiness Ministry". Egypt Independent. 25 April 2018. Retrieved 29 April 2018.
  6. ↑ "King Tutankhamen's military chariot moved to new Egyptian museum". Reuters. 6 May 2018. Retrieved 6 May 2018.
  7. ↑ "Experience Egypt". YouTube. J. Walter Thompson. Retrieved 16 October 2018.
  8. ↑ "Hona AL-3asema". YouTube (in Arabic). Retrieved 16 October 2018.
  9. ↑ "Egypt Ditches JWT, Hires Local Agency to Promote Tourism: Report". Egyptian Streets. 13 September 2018. Retrieved 16 October 2018.
  10. ↑ "Egypt's Sherif Ismail cabinet with 16 new faces sworn in by President Sisi". Ahram Online. 19 September 2015. Retrieved 19 September 2015.
  11. ↑ "Who's who: Meet Egypt's 10 new ministers in Sherif Ismail's cabinet". Ahram Online. 23 March 2016.
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