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Dubai, United Arab Emirates (CNN) – said Egyptian Minister of Tourism Mounir Fakhri Abdel Nour, Egypt is at a crossroads, and we must reach an agreement to build a democratic civil fair, and ruled that the up tide of religious to Egypt last minute tours, last minute holidays, deals, tours to Egypt, shore excursions  adding that “the pillars stronger than that interfere any official “, whatever the political or ideological trends.

The Egyptian minister, in an exclusive interview for CNN Arabic, that the continued media focus on what is going political movement in Egypt, and ignore the positives, that would harm Egyptian tourism, and confirmed that he cannot be limited reality Egyptian tourism in the movement taking place in Tahrir Square between time to time, and that different parts of Egypt, both tourist and non-tourist, “enjoy security and safety.”

He Abdel Nour regretted what happens escalation of the issue of arrest Saudi security services to counsel young Egyptian, Ahmed Gizawy, saying: “I regretted a lot of what Bader of very few of Egyptian citizens in front of the Saudi Embassy in Cairo, these events are not acceptable in form and substance, and not the position of Egyptian official, and stressed that the Egyptian-Saudi relations, government and people, deep and eternal, not shaken by such events narrow, which does not reflect what the Egyptian people harbor toward his brothers the Saudis. ”

Regarding the impact of the rise of Islamists to power on tourism in Egypt, said: “the statements issued from time to time on tourism land, and tourism’s, issued from people in places that are not responsible, so keen to be issued parliament speaker, issued a statement confirming the importance of tourism to Egypt, and the People’s Assembly its Muslim majority, which respects freedom and security of the tourists in the framework of public order. ”

He added: “Egyptian tourism sector of power and economic importance, which prevents any official Whatever affiliations hardliner religious, to take decisions harm it; tourism represents more than 11 per cent of gross domestic Egyptian, and the second source of foreign currency in the Egyptian economy, in addition to the Number of employees in this sector exceeds four million people, representing 1 out of every 6.5 of the Egyptian workforce. ”

He spoke Abdel Nour about the danger of continuing political problems in Egypt, saying: “Egypt is at a crossroads, and must reach a clear agreement, the objective of this popular movement is to build a civil state democratic and equitable, but the transition from autocracy to democracy, should pass through this stage tense, and this is what happened in all States that have gone through the same experience, such as Germany, and the countries of Eastern Europe, and Indonesia.”

The Egyptian minister added, saying: “I hope to improve choice in the next stage, and not much lengthened this period, because the economic and environmental problems and other accumulated, and the longer we become difficult to find solutions.”

Turning to the losses the tourism sector, saying: “losses great, especially since the year 2010 witnessed a boom in tourism in Egypt, and reached the number of tourists to about 14.5 million tourists, and earned financially estimated $ 12.5 billion, compared with 2011, when no more than the number of tourists 9.8 million, and achieved income of $ 8 billion only, any loss of more than $ 3.5 billion.”

As for the negative impact of such losses, he said: “Tourism industry labor-intensive, and losses affecting all sectors of the state, and harm national income, all members of the Egyptian people in different strata and levels of scientific and practical, are affected by tourism, either directly or indirectly, but I expect the return movement tourism to Egypt to normal soon, in line with the levels of tourism in 2010 and the best.”

And he pointed to a relative increase in the number of tourists this year, saying: “so do not look gloomy, the number of Arab tourists who visited Egypt during the first three months of this year, arrived to 843 thousand and 834 tourists, compared to 296 thousand and 980 tourists during the same period in 2011, an increase of 62.9 per cent, while the total number of tourist nights spent by Arab tourists in Egypt, about 7.4 million a night, compared to about 4 million a night in the first quarter of last year, an increase of 84.4 per cent.

According to Abdel Nour to the role of the media in portraying a negative picture of the tourists about the situation in Egypt, saying: “The media plays a negative role in the transfer of a wrong image of the situation in Egypt, it’s heightened focus on the political movement, social and demonstrations taking place in Egypt, and ignore the positives.”

Egyptian Minister of Tourism Ahmed El Maghraby Confirmed  today / Wednesday / China and Egypt last minute tours, last minute holidays, deals, tours to Egypt, shore excursions linked by strong ties and historical returns for a long time, pointing to the keenness of the political leadership in both countries to consolidate and strengthen these relations in various fields, including the field of tourism.
The Moroccan in an exclusive interview with Xinhua news agency / / Xinhua / / Cairo that “the near future will see the close cooperation between the two countries in the field of tourism, especially in light firm desire of both parties to strengthen cooperation in this vital area and the important and which represents one of the main factors correlation between peoples and one of the most important factors that increase the national income of the two countries. ”

The Maghraby, “Tourism is the first export industry in Egypt, a very important for its important role in supporting other industries as they generate employment directly and indirectly,” is pointing out that there is great interest on the part of the state’s tourism industry.

On the upcoming visit to China starting from Thursday until next Monday, said Moroccan “We look forward to great cooperation in the field of tourism with the state of China’s great in terms of what we felt from a great awareness of the citizens of China Egyptian civilization and Egyptologist private Pharaonic also found that the Chinese have a great awareness of history Egyptian, “adding,” We found that there must be cooperation Egyptian Chinese largest private and we two great civilization rooted in its history dating back thousands of years and must link between these two civilizations which possess in Asia and the Middle East. ”
Said Moroccan ” we will sign an agreement for cooperation in tourism, then agreements many other tourist cooperation between Egypt and China,” adding that Egypt is willing to attract the largest possible number of Chinese tourists, especially that the coming period will witness the presence of a direct air route between Cairo and Beijing, this would give a powerful impetus to the tourist traffic between the two countries. ”

In response to a question about rumors that there are plans to increase the number of Chinese tourists to Egypt during the next year to 100 thousand tourists, said Moroccan “In my opinion this figure a few for the number of Chinese tourists and the relations linking the two friendly peoples, but could we consider the beginning,” He expressed his belief that “China must be at the top countries exporting tourism to Egypt and that the number of Chinese tourists coming to Egypt to more than one million tourists.”

And about the status of the tourism industry in Egypt, said the Moroccan “In fact, the tourism industry is very important they come in first place in terms of providing hard currency and its advanced position in the national income as it relates to all industries in the state.”
Maghraby stressed that tourism in Egypt given much attention by Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, who has always maintained that “tourism is one of the most important of Egyptian Industries, which must be handled with great interest and if there are active plans to promote it.”

The Moroccan “that in the framework of the attention of President Mubarak tourism has chaired Excellency meeting of the Supreme Council for Tourism after forming the new has confirmed that the tourism industry is the future, where are major exports and service are closely linked to the issue of export which should be a strategic direction for the entire community.”

The Moroccan to confirm President Mubarak, “that more than 10 percent of the labor force in Egypt working to tourism and related industries and associated livelihood sized flow of tourists to Egypt is also tourism revenues the most important resources of Egypt’s foreign exchange where they exceeded revenues last year of $ 6 billion and precede revenues from oil exports and Suez Canal revenues. ”

In response to a question about the terms of reference and the role of the Supreme Council for Tourism, said the Moroccan “The Supreme Council building on Presidential Decree regard a suggestion policies required adhere to activate tourism movement in Egypt and monitor its implementation and propose legislation and regulations necessary for the advancement of tourism activities in addition to the adoption of the general plan for the areas of new tourism and find solutions appropriate to the problems and difficulties that hinder the growth of tourism in Egypt. ”

The Moroccan “also Council shall establish mechanisms of coordination between the various ministries in the implementation of tourism development plans and determine the role of each ministry in activating the movement of tourism in Egypt and assess the activity of the tourism sector and consider other issues, which sees the Supreme Council, offering ex its connection with the affairs of tourism.”

In response to a question about plans Egyptian government and the Ministry of Tourism in order to pay the tourism industry forward, said Moroccan “The government has developed a plan reflects a new vision and an integrated development system tourism sector so as to achieve increase in the number of tourists, including approaching one million tourists annually during the next ten years and plan aims to increase hotel capacity by about 15,000 rooms a year and increase the number of tourists than 8 million tourists last year to 18 million tourists, which means providing two million new jobs for the people of Egypt. ”

In response to a question about the meaning fairs purposes of international and usefulness on the tourism industry in Egypt, said the Moroccan “Undoubtedly the tourism product in any country needs to publicity and marketing, like any other product and also needs to advertise and to identify consumer by Hence the importance of tourism fairs International which are gatherings of professionals in the field of tourism of every country in the world where tourism offer their product and what are better. ”

“During these exhibitions is the exchange of ideas and visions are agreements which already shows significant and support the tourism sector, not only in Egypt but in the whole world.”

Characterized Egypt’s heritage civilized humane diffuse in its boundaries relay timetable historic unrivaled, which includes the third world heritage, its territory and its desert and territorial waters, which is a national treasure, because it involves the stages of Egypt luxury tours  development and human progress on the ground, and the diversity of its mark clear on human conscience and religions Judaism, Christianity and Islam and the history of civilization the world, such as human civilizations first and prehistoric, in addition to the civilizations Pharaonic, Greek, Romanian, Islamic, and genius of the place, time and human her as its strategic position, and beaches stretching, and sun warm, desert wonderful, and hospitality, and in spite of all these ingredients, but The economic returns tourism, although they come in second place after the Suez Canal revenues, but it compared the international tourism income is very modest where Egypt comes at a low rank.

So the value of tourism income reflects the extent of deterioration administrative sector of Antiquities and Tourism, and that they relate together and influence one in the other, and the predominance of individual, not to follow modern management techniques and scientific methods applied, not theoretical only, and therefore must rethink how best use of our cultural heritage In addition to the value of the various must also maximize economic returns because they may become locomotive development or one of the cornerstones in the Egyptian Renaissance, by making relics national project and for his excellence in the result of rapid economic on the national income and solve a lot of problems, including the problem of unemployment and many social and economic problems and other cultural and other.

So there must be a system of integrated work, and teamwork, and the development of archaeological work and elevate it and its impact on the tourism sector and access them to the desired level is to increase the number of tourists to the rate in line with the possibilities and ingredients archeological and tourist to Egypt, and increasing the national income each access Egypt through which to its natural and desired, through an ambitious plan spirited vision and founded on two axes two principal first axis includes restructuring the Ministry of Antiquities after transformation of the Supreme Council of Antiquities and the creation of new sectors to regulate the system of administrative and technical, financial, scientific and security through the establishment of a national center for research archaeological cares materials and methods restoration of monuments and recorded and documented and rehabilitation, and the establishment of a standing committee public for restoration and maintenance, the establishment of sector effects prehistoric and rock carvings and cave archaeological, Generation sector for signs of sunken in the Nile or lakes or the Red Sea and the Mediterranean, and the establishment of handicrafts sector and transcripts archaeological and to meet the needs effects of these crafts for restoration flour and architecture for all architectural elements and functional and decorative as well as to the needs of tourism and export outside of the products craftsmanship and transcripts Egyptian archaeological, Generation sector control and inspection and follow-up to adjust the system archaeological work in areas, museums and relics protection from theft, vandalism and running up to the information and publishing placed where all research reports and projects implemented in the restoration The registration and documentation and maintenance of monuments and excavations, and the development of the system security for relics protection in areas relics open and remote, stores and museums effects through the development of the General Administration of security through training and rehabilitation and reinforcement of staff security in addition to police relics and tourism, in addition to the establishment of specialized units to national security and intelligence to track vandalism, forgery and counterfeiting, theft and excavations random illegal by individuals, and the work of more than one range security and supervisory about the effects, and second axis includes changing the ministry’s policy and setting targets near and strategy for the advancement of work, because it is the first step towards increasing turnout tourism through the development of methods of protection The restoration and recording, documenting and rehabilitation relics preservation and how to take advantage of the value of scientific, practical and cultural, artistic, and not rely only on traditional areas of tourist attraction, but work on the inclusion of new areas where there are thousands of archaeological sites scattered throughout Egypt, through effective collaboration between universities and specialized institutes in the field of archeology and tourism to create system work under which team spirit and purpose how to promote sector relics and tourism which is to make the most of the cultural heritage, both at the cultural or technological, industrial or recreational or educational through carry out registration and documentation of the effects in all regions of the republic through are specialized areas or assign graduates after work scientific sessions of how to conduct business registration and documentation on the basis of scientific ensure relics protection from fraud, theft, forgery and vandalism with the need not to rely on traditional methods only, but must also use the latest scientific methods to keep the footprint effect through the registry X-ray or UV or rigorous analysis or other, and protect them from theft, forgery and vandalism, interest in developing regions archaeological and restoration and rehabilitation and preparation for visits tourist, work on the expansion of stores museum on scientific grounds for relics protection, stopping the introduction of missions exploration foreign individual and replaced missions relics joint mission foreign and domestic of change in terms of the law to protect relics 117 of 1983 and amended in 2010, especially items missions exploration foreign, leading to the participation of local missions in the process of exploration that there is a head of Egyptian mission local and foreign president of Mission foreign, leading to the exchange of experiences on that published works mission in information management and publishing, project cancellations restoration by contracting companies and limiting the work of these companies on the routine business of the establishment of museums protection or acts electrical and sound and light or administrative buildings, that the ministry through the sectors of architectural restoration and audit of conduct restoration work through specialists, professionals and artisans recruited both in areas relics, museums or stores archeological and collaboration with universities and scientific institutes specialized, and encourage the holding of seminars, conferences and festivals local and international carnivals tourism promotion, work to increase awareness of archaeological, cultural and tourism through the media in its different forms.

South Sinai:
Real suffering experienced by workers in Egypt last minute tours, last minute holidays, deals, tours to Egypt, shore excursions sector and hotels in southern Sinai, especially in major tourist cities, a Sharm el-Sheikh is this suffering in fear of permanent separation from work and demobilization without warning and there does not have much protection from the oppression of some hotel owners and tourist resorts and companies operating under the name of the tourism sector which is weaker than the skill of workers in this vital sector, which depends primarily on their experiences.
Initially confirmed Labib Ezzat Tawfik one working with major tourist hotels located in the North Naama Bay in Sharm El Sheikh and at the age of 13 years he was subjected to great pressure no one can be borne by his own words, despite the demise of oppression and enter Egyptian era freedoms after the revolution, and he adds some time ago was compulsory to submit my resignation so that I can do after that in any other tourist facility without distorting my dignity without to get on the end of service gratuity. For his part, expert tourism in southern Sinai Fikry Taher Zanaty that there many problems facing workers in various sectors of tourism and liberal professions of support for the sector are all working under the pressure of myself terribly, a so-upon fear of the future because they were ending or dismissed from service and demobilization unlawfully.
He announced that during the past few months has a famous tourist resorts in Sharm el-Sheikh to separate and lay off a number of managers of the resort, despite their commitment to work and experience of not less than 10 consecutive years without commit a sin or even notice.
The reason for this is that some owners of hotels, resorts and tourism companies in Sharm el-Sheikh devised during the last period of a new policy which is to get rid of most of the cadres and tourist known men «first row» who have spent more than 10 years of work For the facility and due to the high monthly salaries of up to two thousand pounds basic salary plus a percentage of the 12% of the total return of tourist and hotel occupancy and service fee established for up to 4 thousand pounds a month.
He called for legislation law that regulates the relationship between workers and owners of tourist establishments to be texts known and agreed upon by all parties and there will be a third party faithful on the rights of workers supervise the application of this law with a structured mechanism protects workers from the oppression of some owners of hotels and resorts in the case of violating the provisions of this law and that there is a new correct path of manpower and training and social security where we have to understand that the labor law was enacted to save the interests of workers and owners together.
As well as the need to establish a special union for workers in the tourism sector and support services and overlapping in the tourism industry under the so-called «working in private tourism professions and that there is no union for workers in the tourism sector only union tour guides which specializes only tourist.
Followed by Ahmad Back and Undersecretary of the Ministry of Manpower in southern Sinai, saying that workers in the tourism sector face a package of problems mostly material and focused after the revolution and the recession tourism witnessed by the sector in low numbers of tourists, including reflected negatively on the rate of occupancy hotel and tourist and entry workers monthly profits annual.
Back explained that most of the problems that consideration Manpower offices at the county level lies in the exchange rate of the 12% service fee and claim profits monthly annual vacations and sick.
He denied on the demobilization of the 25% of employment in the tourism sector where most of the hotels were keen to retain them and if you have some hotels laid off employees always are installed employment ‘probation’.
However, I agree on wasting the rights of all workers not in South Sinai only but in Egypt generally, but we stand with the worker as the weaker party in order to preserve their rights while protecting the facility and continuity in the work as contributing to the national income of Egypt and we have held 65 seminar and meet with staff and activate Commission social dialogue as part of the project social dialogue adopted by the International Labor Organization, and is designed to activate the dialogue between the three parties are the worker and employer and government and committed all hotels and villages and tourist companies to form a committee for social dialogue to work to prevent any congestion or crowds of workers within enterprises and speed work on resolved so as not to appear before workers tourists of the pioneers of these facilities badly.

Hisham Zaazou continued its tourism minister “bold”, which came as a “heavy blows” to correct the situation, which lasted for many years in the Ministry of Tourism. He issued Tourism Minister Decision to deport Amr Ezabi for the presidency Tourism Promotion Authority and transferred to the degree adviser ministry, and after that you know and Minister of Tourism on the size of the problems Authority and that affected employees and the plans and programs and campaigns promoting Egypt last minute tours, last minute holidays, deals, tours to Egypt, shore excursions in general.
Also issued Hisham Zaazou Tourism Minister further decisions for the organization of work at the Ministry of Tourism in terms of concern for the complete system development house tourism from the inside, which approved since he took the ministry, stressing that the main purpose of the issuance of this decision is taking into account the interest of work and pumping new blood to these sites.
Under the decision on the transfer of Ahmed Attia, who had been serving as head of the Secretariat to serve as President of the sector of tourism activities and offices of the Interior, and the scar Salahuddin structure which has served as head of the tourism activities and internal office to serve as the Head of the corporate sector and tourist guides, and scar Brigade Hany Wadih Fouad work sector Secretariat instead of his previous position as head of the corporate sector and tourist guides.
And awaits workers in the Ministry of Tourism and all organs and bodies other decisions to the Minister of Tourism involving senior officials and a number of advisers in the framework of the instructions of Dr. Hisham Qandil as Prime Minister advisers who are a burden on the government. The rest comes!.
In order to resolve all complaints received from the staff of the Ministry of Tourism and its affiliated bodies to Mr. Hisham Zaazou and Tourism Minister, the Minister of Tourism decision to form a committee sector minister’s office to examine the grievances of staff of the ministry and its affiliated bodies to be committee headed by legal advisor to the Minister and the membership, head of the Office Affairs Minister The head of the Secretariat. The committee will be responsible to receive complaints provided by the staff of the Ministry and its affiliated bodies and examined in the light of the rules and provisions governing and deciding which of the report accompanying the opinion and appropriate decision taken and submitted to the competent authority, as committee shall examine each putting him by the minister of works related to staff the ministry and the bodies of her and studied for decision then flying to the minister for approval.
The minister also issued a decision to form a committee to examine the issues in the sector of tourism activities and internal office headed by legal advisor to the Minister and the membership of the head of the tourism activities and internal office and Chairman of the Chamber of tourist goods shops and Chairman of the Chamber of diving tourism and marine activities.
And also issued a decision to form a committee to examine topics sector of hotel establishments and tourism headed by legal advisor to the Minister and the membership of the head of the hotel establishments and tourism and head of the Chamber of hotel facilities and chairman of the Chamber of tourism enterprises and decided to form a committee to examine topics sector companies and tourist guides headed legal advisor and office of the Chairman of the corporate sector and tourist guides guides and Chairman of the Chamber of companies, travel agencies and tourism.
These committees shall examine all requests and complaints and grievances relating to the business sector that offer directly to the Minister and the Committee shall decide on those subjects after study and report to the Minister for approval or for the issuance of the appropriate decision.

Said Mounir Fakhry Abdel Nour, Minister of Tourism, it is not necessarily a minister specializing in the affairs of the ministry, which assumed, because it requires him only capacity, in a time which saw Egypt and interior ministers civilians and health ministers have nothing to do medicine, stressing that the ministries should be given to the people of management and Egypt all inclusive holidays, packages, tours, vacations

in particular the Ministry of crisis and need for a political vision

The Minister of Tourism in the interview yesterday evening program Egypt Lavalys, that before the ministry because it mandated that the finds in himself the ability to preempt the risk to advance, pointing out that he estimated the weight of pregnancy in these circumstances, but success requires a great effort, and this is a national duty, even if it Commissioning temporarily, but made it clear that he rejected the ministry when he was offered initially for objecting to some of the names in the formation of the government, and already has been changed almost 70% of them, adding that the acceptance position does not represent a lack of commitment of the Wafd Party, which was aired on boss Dr. Mr. Badawi He agreed and paid for admission also after position of refusal, “this government and national and not a coalition, a front emphasizes the unity to confront the dangers that threaten the nation and that any criticism of him is misplaced and the ministry represent person only and not the Wafd Party.”

And optimism about the future of tourism in Egypt, Abdel Nur, his faith is based on that Egypt is a great country and unable to get out of the crisis quickly as always permanent, and that it may not blacken the image, stressing at the same time that the tourism for the first time receive a shock amounting in the history of Egypt, citing that over the crisis did not fall tourism never to 80%, as happened in February 2011, because what has passed through the homeland of events from Alexandria to Aswan for 18 days, and the subsequent security vacuum scared tourists, in addition to the televisions World was the sequence of events moment by moment, to make matters worse and had a negative impact deeper in their souls.

On the Shining, the Minister of Tourism, that he sensed in many of the country interested in Egypt during the current period and need them and on top of Berlin and Russia, especially Russia, which last year exported to Egypt 2 million and 800 thousand tourists, and was expected to arrive for 3 million this year, not for the events , because Egypt is the closest to Russia, the most beautiful and cheaper, warmer, pointing out that the lifting of the curfew will make Russian tourism heaped on Egypt, with signs of optimism after high occupancy rate in hotels to 25% and in the Red Sea and South Sinai to 35% ..

He explained Abdel Nour, the Tourism Authority play a major role in the study of the market and monitoring needs, and already going the way of stimulating some European companies to lease planes after lowered in past events with giving insurance enough against loss to ensure operation of tourist trips to Egypt and revitalization.

The Minister of Tourism to meeting with some of the young Face book who were able to mobilize millions to do revolution to direct their energies towards mobilizing millions of tourists to visit Egypt through promotion campaigns on the Internet and making messages that encourage to visit Egypt, and called me director of Google in Egypt Wael Ghonim, for precaution to declare Google’s desire to contribute to the campaign donation Egyptian Tourism Authority.

And domestic tourism and high prices for the Egyptians, Abdel Nour that hotel rates, confirming that it is now becoming cheap and looking for customers and trying to ministry to promote this type of tourism in clubs, universities and schools, while pointing out that the protests ministry employees were the result of public anger and messages exaggerated broadcast by media , in addition to the absence of the Minister of Tourism for the office of his ministry for 7 years and the lack of attention to these employees, he said that there are unexplained differences in wages and positions that the solution to this problem is not easy and requires wisdom and deliberately and time.

As for the demonstration companies, refer Tourism Minister caused to mismanagement previous which did not respect the legal basis of public naked in the statement of the companies, and has done exceptions exaggerated, refusing to comment on the situation the former minister, “the new ministry does not follow the curriculum exceptions Whatever, and that any decision must be in the framework of the law and the public interest the fewest number of people affected.”

Over the 17 months since the outbreak of the popular uprising that toppled the ousted Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and introduced the Egyptian tourism sector is in crisis.

Many of fear working in the  Egypt last minute tours, last minute holidays, deals, tours to Egypt, shore excursions  sector does not recover sector if President Mohamed Morsi imposed restrictions on tourism beaches.

It does not mention “Renaissance Project”, a program Freedom and Justice party political arm of the Muslim Brotherhood, which is located in 81 pages, tourism beaches that will come the largest share of revenue in the tourism sector.

Officials of the group said they had other priorities now, says workers in the tourism sector tourism beaches represent about 80% of tourism in Egypt. It has become a vital sector in the Mubarak era after the establishment of a group of villages and tourist resorts along the Red Sea coast of the Sinai.

After that was a magnet for lovers of ancient civilizations and unable to pay the cost of trips in luxury ships vanilla Egypt has become a real competitor to Spain and Turkey for its sunny beaches that attract millions of European tourists at low cost.

The proportion of working between 12% and 15% of the labor force in Egypt to meet the needs of foreign visitors, either directly or indirectly.

Said economist Samir Makari tourism represents 11% of GDP, and a quarter of foreign currency earnings.

There are many labor-intensive sectors related to tourism, such as construction and food distribution and the carpet industry.

The uprising showed last year and the global recession which affected demand for travel heavy reliance on this vital sector. Although the protests centered on the major cities in the north of Egypt and did not affect any of the shores of the Red Sea resorts secured and largely isolated tourists canceled their trips anyway.

That prompted hard currency reserves at the central bank to lower than $ 36 billion before the uprising in January / January 2011 to 15.53 billion dollars last month, which is less than the value of three-month deposits, a level prepared by serious economists.

After decline in the number of tourists coming to Egypt sharply in 2011, official data showed that the numbers remained low in the first five months of this year increased by 26% from the level in 2010 to reach 4.4 million tourists.

Tourism revenues fell 24% compared with 2010 to $ 3.6 billion.

Minister of Tourism Mounir Fakhri Abdel Nour Said last Tuesday that he expected that the country has received more than 12 million tourists by the end of 2012, an increase of 23% in the previous year.

Abdel Nour said that no political force or a political party or any government is working within the framework of a democratic and accountable to the public to implement policies that hurt tourism in Egypt.

Opened the January 25 revolution appetite most Egyptians to exercise policy, whether by words or actions, and compete with other established parties after removing the obstacles that prevent this.
Because Egypt last minute tours, last minute holidays, deals, tours to Egypt, shore excursions sector has been affected a lot lately as a result of loose security plaguing the country, but it is one of the most important sources of national income has decided some employees in collaboration with others to establish a new party called the Party – Egyptian tourism “Egypt first” goal to protect the national economy represented in mainstay him a Egypt luxury tours.We are talking – he says the founders of the party – for about 15% of the total labor force in Egypt and nearly 16 million Egyptian Although the size of this large sector did not represent politically so far no canal any political current and departed everyone to political conflict, but this party aims to be in this category is the basic rule of the party from which the amplified his supporters to include the silent majority on the vast breadth of the land of Egypt, and they toil to gain strength while preoccupied by politicians to their own affairs. The purpose of the establishment of the party is to be the political arm of workers in tourism and the creation of an entity legitimately have a mechanism to express all the partners in the tourism industry of the workers and business owners and tourism companies, transport and aviation, as well as 72 industry Related consistent and in the interests of Upper Egypt, which requires that concerted efforts everyone for tourism to return as it was long ago, and if there are stops to demand better distribution ratio for the service for the benefit of workers.
The party considers despite inevitability and legitimacy requirement factional and that when conditions improve and return to normal we will be in the early grades to claim those rights and possibly organize these stances if necessary to support tourism operators to get their legitimate rights legitimately civilized including not disrupt work. Not only that, but effects are monitored and reactions and then invested politically to ensure their success in reaching their goals. The party promotes a culture of production, construction and distance including representatives from be their personal interests above the interests of their country and do not know who only their personal rights, forgetting that human home linked to the performance of their duty first.
– “Political forces”

That the Egyptian tourism Party “Egypt first” under construction, as shown in its founders is a civilian political party believes in religious freedom and social justice, human rights and Egyptian traditions and values ​​inherent. And adopts the idea that tourism is a mainstay must be combination of all political forces and state organs to protect them and work on their development as an option super excellence because of their ability to bring about rapid development in the financial resources of the state and then push the wheel of development projects nationalism in other areas, and that the concept of the party for political office and leadership, like other functions must be subject to financial control and periodic evaluation of performance according to a set of targets prepared in advance and commensurate benefits and salaries with the nature of the work. And the party seeks to achieve social justice, democracy and equality between citizens and depends on the economy as a way to raise living standards and improve the ability of the nation to influence regional and international as befits the status of Egypt historical and comes attention to scientific research and create a climate for creativity and change the pattern of education in all areas of a priority as it starting point to the future and the basic guarantee to maintain the democratic gains and economic investment in education and training is highly necessary. It is known that any political party is a group of individuals Union to work together to achieve a certain public interest and in accordance with the principles of private agree. And shall have the administrative apparatus Associate and seeks to expand the circle of his supporters among the people. Tourism has always been the mainstay of our economy and still is the only sector which has the capacity superior to re-cover cash in record time compared to other sectors, which requires development and rehabilitation not only huge investments are not currently available, but longer period of time certainly, tourism in Egypt Party first is the symbol The beginning of the public issue, which espoused the party which is the economy and the availability of all natural resources, material and human Once stabilized the political and security situation returns tourism revenues rapidly and steadily.
– “Tourist markets”
Has damaged tourism after the January 25 revolution – and the talk on the San Khaled Suleiman and cofounder – as a direct result of the absence of security, and she was shocked after the election, where she received tourism stab another launched some trends have helped the media negatively sent to all tourist markets, and choose tourism as a symbol of the national economy comes in terms of the volume of direct tourism employment, which more than 1.5 million people added to investors and owners of tourist shops and restaurants and transport workers and the aviation sector and ground services and contractors, suppliers and others. There is, in fact, what can be classified as a factional party or even religious, The party is not a party only if he could influence the political life and economic and social development. Perhaps the most prominent example of this is the British Labor Party, which arose early in the confines of a trade union in cooperation with the Intellectual Society. The same applies to parties of peasants in some Scandinavian countries, which created peasant associations, and that all institutions of civil action and despite its importance is already limited influence in the very narrow limits, due to the variety and non-union and overlapping activities less sense. And more importantly, that all the above organizations do not have the ability to influence the political decision and remains the party is an institution capable of bringing about political change and then the desired economic and social through participation in a peaceful transfer of power and control the work of the government. It seeks Egypt Party first to unify included many civil society organizations to expand the party’s base, which represents the channel legitimacy to all of the demands in the tourism sector and to promote a strong and active all the objectives advocated by both coalitions tourism, though the party has taken a tourism symbol of the national economy For all organizations and tourism bodies support and rally around him instead of disintegration.
– “National income”
The basic principles of the party says Khaled Suleiman – is supporting tourism is a main source of national income Egyptian and all institutions and state bodies to work on protection and development continuously with the establishment of the principle of citizenship as the sole basis for determining the duties and rights of all citizens at home and abroad. And uphold the interests of Upper Egypt in the face of all national issues in order to achieve development and preserve Egypt’s position as a leader in the international community. And activating the role of youth in promoting the country and build their own future, and party aims to establish a national economy with visions of renewed ensure the equitable distribution of wealth and promote the principle of productivity and work to establish a culture of human rights and the principles of democracy and intellectual and political pluralism and reject all forms of violence, exclusion and consolidation of civilized behavior and democratic and working to build an economy in line with the technological changes and the digital revolution and provide protection for the tourism sector against all forms of unrest that may arise as a result of political instability or economic or security. With work on permanent development and continuing to this sector including pay locomotive human and economic development community Renowned for the tourism sector of the ability to influence positive rapid in all walks of national economy and consolidate all national forces, which means believes tourism as a tool economical super excellence to work together under the entity legitimately available to all serious expression and the ability to change, in fact, economic tourism and then. And work to become Egypt’s tourism industry is a real interface and expressive culture of this ancient people and be a real message to the world reflect the civil and attend modern Egypt and rose in the ranks of developed nations. And also puts the party from within his priorities to work on strengthening the role of women and youth in the political and intellectual life, to ensure that the citizen the right to food, clothing, housing, treatment and pension manner that respects humanity and preserve his dignity.
From our side, we wonder do you need tourism to a party to defend it. Is it really succeeded in the face of the problems facing this important and vital sector? Will move the idea to other sectors in the states? This answer coming one day after the establishment of this party and the exercise of his role.

The Minister of Tourism Hisham Zaazou importance conference German tourism in the area of ​​El Gouna Hurghada because it sheds light on the  Egypt vacation, Egypt packages, Egypt vacations packages  in these important period, which is approaching the beginning of the tourism season German in October, pointing out that the Egyptian tourism poised for takeoff and regain its stature and normal levels quickly.

He in his speech at the opening of the workshop, which involved a number of tour operators Germans and the German press today, “Saturday” welcomed the conference and the participants in the conference, directed thanked the large Red Sea Governor Mahmoud Assem on facilities and facilities in the reception of this conference, also thanked the Director of the Office Tourism Egyptian in Germany Mohammed Jamal for organizing this conference at this sensitive time.
He said that Egyptian tourism experiencing significant and historic periods after the January 25 revolution and the beginning of a new system based on the consolidation of democracy to hold free presidential elections and before real parliamentary elections, pointing out that Egypt will be in a better position in the future.
He added that Germany lived conditions similar to those experienced by Egypt now, explaining that achieving democracy needs a great effort and great sacrifices, pointing out that the Egyptian tourism fell by a large margin after the revolution but returned to approach the previous rates after relative stability in the conditions we expect him improved more in situations with greater stability and security.
He pointed out that the objective of these meetings is to provide an opportunity to listen to the observations of exporting markets for tourism to Egypt in order to improve tourism work and learn how to help the German side to help the Egyptian tourism and increase the number of German tourists in the coming season.
He said: There billion tourists around the world this year, a figure confirms that the tourism industry has become an important worldwide and should be developed to further tourism development in the world, pointing out that the tourism industry is very important for the Egyptian economy to contribute to the economy of and hard currency income and employment.

the Egyptian Museum in Cairo. Contains the largest collection of the effects of ancient Egypt, though the British Museum and the Louvre and the Metropolitan Museum (New York). Egyptian Museum and sits in the heart of Cairo’s Tahrir Square since 1906, The Museum Gallery contains the 136 A Pharaonic impact, in addition to hundreds of thousands of effects in warehouses. more info click here:  Egypt last minute tours, last minute holidays, deals, tours to Egypt, shore excursions

The emergence and establishment of the museum

Story of the establishment of the museum began with the world’s attention the great Egyptologist After deciphering the Rosetta Stone at the hands of French scholar Champollion. The core of the museum’s initial small house when old pond lockup where Muhammad Ali Pasha ordered registration of Egyptian Antiquities fixed and moving monuments value of the lockup and Museum in 1848.

After the death of Muhammad Ali returned the theft of antiquities again approach the museum’s holdings. In 1858 was appointed (Mariette) as the first officer (Antiquities occupancy) corresponding to currently head of the effects. Found it to be an administration and the Museum of Antiquities therefore selected the Bulaq to create a museum of Egyptian antiquities and the transfer of the effects found during Hvaúrh (such as the effects of the cemetery Aah Hotep).

In 1878 occurred in very high Nile flood causing flooding Bulaq Museum and the loss of some of its contents.
In 1881 re-opening of the museum and in the same year he died Mariette and his successor (Maspero) as Director of Antiquities and Museum.
In 1891 when the groups increased Bulaq Museum was transferred to Galatasaray Giza.
When the world came (de Morgan) as head of the interest and the museum has reformats these groups in the new museum, which was known as the Cairo Museum.
But he returned Maspero again manages to interest and Museum of 1899 – 1914 AD In 1902 the transfer effects to the current building of the museum (in Tahrir Square) and was one of the most aides active in his tenure the second Egyptian scientist Ahmed Pasha Kamal, who was the first to specialize in Egyptian Antiquities old and worked for many years in the museum.
The first Egyptian director of the museum was “Mahmoud Hamza” was appointed in 1950.
This was the museum brief guide put Maspero dating to 1883 but he has done a great guide for the new museum under the prints and repeats of 1915 and so far (but with a series of amendments).

Architectural Design Museum

Egyptian Museum was designed by French architect Marcel in 1900, and the updated classic-style neo-classical style, which fits with ancient monuments and classic, but it does not compete with ancient Egyptian architecture that still exists.

It should be noted that the halls spacious interior and high walls. The natural light enters through the glass panels on the roof and windows on the ground floor. The central atrium in the museum is the highest part of the home where impacts are presented as they exist in the ancient temples. The length of the building that houses any future expansions, as commensurate with the requirements of the ease of movement of visitors from one room to another.
The most important museum collections

The museum consists of two floors devoted ground including the effects of heavy (such as coffins and stone statues, paintings and wall reliefs) The upper has been allocated to the effects of light (such as manuscripts, statues of the gods and the royal mummies and the effects of daily life and images of mummies and sculptures unfinished sculptures and pots Greco-Roman period and the effects of private beliefs other life) as well as complete sets (such as group Tutankhamun).

The museum houses a large number of Egyptian antiquities since prehistoric times until the end of the Pharaonic era, in addition to some Greek and Roman Antiquities, including:

A set of crockery (prehistoric).
Narmer Palette (the era of unification).
Statue of Kha Schm (family 2).
Statue of Djoser (the family 3).
Statues Khufu / Khafre / Menkaure (family 4).
Statue Kaabr / Statues servants (family of 5).
Statue dwarf SNP (family 6).
Statue of Mentuhotep Nebhepetre (family 11).
Statues Amenemhat I / II / III (Family 12).
Elka statue of King Hur (family 13).
Statues of Hatshepsut / Thutmose III (Family 18).
Group Tutankhamun (family 18).
Treasures of Tanis group…. Etc.
A wide range of Almmyat from Mokhtlav eras.

Sections of the museum

Effects divided according to their importance or the amount offered by the sixth and seventh Kalksm, either arrangements second, third and fourth were based on the chronological order and taken into account included the most important relics in the department and other key periods in another department, and as follows :

Section I: raised Tutankhamun toll, which the discovery of the tomb and one for a period of time and one hit effects which more than 3,500 relics of gold in addition to the mummies.
Section II: the old state, one of the prosperous periods in the history of ancient Egypt, a period building the pyramids and the period of King Khufu, a period in which the rule of four ruling families “of third-sixth.”
Section III: Central State.
Section IV: the modern state is the great Empire period of Ramses II and Tutankhamun and Merneptah and Akhenaten and Tuthmosis