Ministry of Tourism (Egypt)
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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.
The actual minister of Tourism and Antiquities is Ahmed Issa, from 13 August 2022.
History[edit]
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[edit]
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[edit]
- Hisham Zazou, appointed in 2015 [10]
- Mohamed Yehia Rashed, appointed in 2016 [11]
- Rania El-Mashat, appointed in 2018 [12]
- Khaled al-Anani, appointed on 22 December 2019
- Ahmed Issa, appointed on 13 August 2022
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ 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.
- ^ Georgy, Michael (10 September 2016). "Egypt has high hopes for tourism despite grim statistics, setbacks". Reuters.
- ^ "Arabian Hotel Investment Conference". AHIC. 29 June 2016.
- ^ "Breaking Travel News interview: Mohamed Yehia Rashed, minister of tourism, Republic of Egypt". Breaking Travel News. 6 May 2016.
- ^ "Egypt Tourism Minister welcomes cooperation with UAE Happiness Ministry". Egypt Independent. 25 April 2018. Retrieved 29 April 2018.
- ^ "King Tutankhamen's military chariot moved to new Egyptian museum". Reuters. 6 May 2018. Retrieved 6 May 2018.
- ^ "Experience Egypt". YouTube. J. Walter Thompson. Retrieved 16 October 2018.
- ^ "Hona AL-3asema". YouTube (in Arabic). Retrieved 16 October 2018.
- ^ "Egypt Ditches JWT, Hires Local Agency to Promote Tourism: Report". Egyptian Streets. 13 September 2018. Retrieved 16 October 2018.
- ^ "Egypt's Sherif Ismail cabinet with 16 new faces sworn in by President Sisi". Ahram Online. 19 September 2015. Retrieved 19 September 2015.
- ^ "Who's who: Meet Egypt's 10 new ministers in Sherif Ismail's cabinet". Ahram Online. 23 March 2016.
- ^ "رئاسة مجلس الوزراء - السيرة الذاتية" (in Arabic). Retrieved 2018-02-18.
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